a. rare. [f. BROWN a. + -Y.] Inclining to brown.

1

1582.  Stanyhurst, Æneid, IV. (Arb.), 164. Thee brownye lion too stalck fro the mounten he wissheth.

2

1597.  Shaks., Lover’s Compl., xiii. His browny locks did hang in crooked curles.

3

1873.  Kingsley, Valentine’s D. Oh! I wish I were a tiny browny bird.

4