Sc. [A phonetic variant of BRANT, found in northern ME. and in Sc.]

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  † 1.  Steep, lofty: see BRANT. Obs.

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c. 1325.  E. E. Allit. P., B. 379. Þay … bowed to þe hyȝ bonk þer brentest hit wern.

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c. 1340.  Gaw. & Gr. Knt., 2165. Hyȝe bonkkez and brent.

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1691.  Ray, N. C. Wds., 132. Brent-brow, a steep Hill, Metaph.

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  2.  Of the forehead: a. Lofty, straight up, prominent. b. Unwrinkled, smooth.

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c. 1400.  Destr. Troy, 3030. With browes full brent, brightist of hewe.

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1513.  Douglas, Æneis, VIII. xii. 14. From his blyth browis [L. tempora læta] brent and athyr ene The fyre twinkling.

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1629.  Z. Boyd, Last Battle, 678 (Jam.). At the first sight of that angrie Majestie, with brent browes and sterne countenance.

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a. 1758.  Ramsay, Poems (1800), II. 17 (Jam.). Her fair brent brow, smooth as th’ unrunkled deep.

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1789.  Burns, J. Anderson, i. Your bonie brow was brent.

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