Browning ppl. a.

[f. as prec. + -ING².] a. Becoming brown. b. Making brown.

1596.  Gosson, Pleas. Quippes, 98, in Hazl., E. P. P., IV. 254. The tallow-pale, the browning-bay, The swarthie-blacke, the grassie-greene.

1834.  Marryat, Jac. Faithf., v. 27. Where is the blooming cheek, ruddy with the browning air?

1884.  G. C. Davies, Norfolk Broads, xxxviii. 290. The browning grasses quivered airily against the sky.