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browning
/ˈbɹaʊnɪŋ/
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What does browning mean?
noun
- The act or operation of giving a brown colour, as to gun barrels, cooked food, etc.
- Any of various preparations used to impart a brown colour to gravy, leather, etc.
- A smooth coat of brown mortar, usually the second coat, and the preparation for the finishing coat of plaster.
More meanings (16)
noun
- A brown-skinned person.
- Fabrique Nationale FN Model 1910 Browning and its derivatives; a European handgun; a small, semi-automatic pistol.
- Synonym of BAR (“Browning automatic rifle”), a light machine gun
verb
- present participle and gerund of brown
proper noun
- A surname from Old English.
- A person of that surname.
- A male given name transferred from the surname, of rare usage
- An unincorporated community in Wilcox County, Georgia.
- A village in Schuyler County, Illinois.
- A minor city in Linn County and Sullivan County, Missouri.
- A town in Glacier County, Montana.
- An unincorporated community in Smith County, Texas.
- A town in Taylor County, Wisconsin.
- A rural municipality, Rural Municipality of Browning No. 34, in Saskatchewan.
- A community within the municipality in south-east Saskatchewan, named after Robert Browning.
- An asteroid in the Asteroid Belt of the Solar System
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈbɹaʊnɪŋ/
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"The hills like giants at a hunting lay Chin upon hand, to see the game at bay."--Browning.
A long chin between his knees pointed toward the red flames, while his eyes were on the browning ducks.
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For what are the voices of birds-- Aye, and of beasts,--but words, our words, Only so much more sweet?--Browning.
Miss Starr has held classes in Dante and Browning for many years, and the great lines are conned with never failing enthusiasm.
True healthy doubt means, in Browning, that the spiritual nature is sufficiently quickened not to submit to the conclusions of the insulated intellect.