brent

Noun

WORDNET DICTIONARY

brent(n = noun.animal) brant, brant goose, brent goose - small dark geese that breed in the north and migrate southward; Array

is a kind of goose

is a member of branta, genus branta

has particulars: branta bernicla, common brant goose

brent, a. [AS. brant; akin to Dan. brat, Icel. brattr, steep.].

Steep; high. [1913 Webster]
"Grapes grow on the brant rocks so wonderfully that ye will marvel how any man dare climb up to them." [1913 Webster]
Smooth; unwrinkled. [1913 Webster]
"Your bonnie brow was brent." [1913 Webster]

brent, imp. & p. p.

Burnt. [1913 Webster]

brent, n. [Cf. Brant.].

A brant. See Brant. [1913 Webster]

brent, n. (US brant) (in full brent-goose) a small migratory goose, Branta bernicla.

Etymology

16th c.: orig. unkn.

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