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Brent   /brɛnt/   Listen
noun
Brent  n.  A brant. See Brant.


adjective
Brant, Brent  adj.  
1.
Steep; high. (Obs.) "Grapes grow on the brant rocks so wonderfully that ye will marvel how any man dare climb up to them."
2.
Smooth; unwrinkled. (Scot.) "Your bonnie brow was brent."


verb
Brenne, Bren  v. t. & v. i.  (past & past part. brent; pres. part. brenning)  To burn. (Obs.) "Consuming fire brent his shearing house or stall."


Brent  past, past part.  Burnt. (Obs.)





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"Brent" Quotes from Famous Books



... Bishop Brent has established an excellent school for American boys, situated on a sunny hilltop. The instruction is very good, the food excellent, and a healthier, heartier-looking lot of youngsters than those who enjoy the privileges ...
— The Philippines: Past and Present (vol. 1 of 2) • Dean C. Worcester
... built this log hut, and who lived in it and owned the adjoining land at the time of which I write, bore the name of Balser Brent. "Balser" is probably a corruption of Baltzer, but, however that may be, Balser was his name, and Balser was the hero of the bear stories which I am about ...
— Children's Literature - A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes • Charles Madison Curry
... a sweet minion," said Ruthven, "to fight a lady's quarrel, and all for a brent brow and a tear in the eye! Such toys have been out of thy thoughts this many ...
— The Abbot • Sir Walter Scott
... an unco kippage,' said Mrs. Flockhart to Evan, as he descended; 'I wish he may be weel,—the very veins on his brent brow are swelled like whipcord: wad he no ...
— Waverley • Sir Walter Scott
... 1777, Brent with his savage followers reached and invested the fort, the plumed and moccasined foe suddenly breaking from the forest, and with their wild war-whoops seeking to intimidate the beleaguered garrison. On the next day came St. Leger with his whole force. On ...
— Historic Tales, Vol. 1 (of 15) - The Romance of Reality • Charles Morris


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