Brant (?), n. [Cf.Brand goose, Brent, Brenicle.] Zool.
A species of wild goose (Branta bernicla) -- called also brent and brand goose. The name is also applied to other related species.
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Brant, a. [See Brent.]
Steep.
[Prov. Eng.]
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Brent (?), Brant (?), a. [AS. brant; akin to Dan. brat, Icel. brattr, steep.]
1.
Steep; high.
[Obs.]
Grapes grow on the brant rocks so wonderfully that ye will marvel how any man dare climb up to them.
Ascham.
2.
Smooth; unwrinkled.
[Scot.]
Your bonnie brow was brent.
Burns.
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