a. [ See Brave, a. ] [ Scot. & Prov. Eng. ] 1. Well-dressed; handsome; smart; brave; -- used of persons or their clothing, etc.; as, a braw lad. “A braw new gown.” Burns. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. Good; fine. “A braw night.” Sir W. Scott. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. A noisy quarrel; loud, angry contention; a wrangle; a tumult; as, a drunken brawl. [ 1913 Webster ]

His sports were hindered by the brawls. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Noise; quarrel; uproar; row; tumult. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Brawled p. pr. & vb. n. Brawling. ] [ OE. braulen to quarrel, boast, brallen to cry, make a noise; cf. LG. brallen to brag, MHG. pr&unr_;ulen, G. prahlen, F. brailler to cry, shout, Pr. brailar, braillar, W. bragal to vociferate, brag, Armor. bragal to romp, to strut, W. broliaw to brag, brawl boast. &unr_;95. ] 1. To quarrel noisily and outrageously. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let a man that is a man consider that he is a fool that brawleth openly with his wife. Golden Boke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To complain loudly; to scold. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To make a loud confused noise, as the water of a rapid stream running over stones. [ 1913 Webster ]

Where the brook brawls along the painful road. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To wrangle; squabble; contend. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One that brawls; wrangler. [ 1913 Webster ]

Common brawler (Law), one who disturbs a neighborhood by brawling (and is therefore indictable at common law as a nuisance). Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Quarreling; quarrelsome; noisy. [ 1913 Webster ]

She is an irksome brawling scold. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Making a loud confused noise. See Brawl, v. i., 3. [ 1913 Webster ]

A brawling stream. J. S. Shairp. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a brawling manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. braon fleshy part, muscle, fr. HG. br&unr_;to flesh, G. braten roast meat; akin to Icel. br&unr_;&unr_; flesh, food of beasts, AS. br&unr_;de roast meat, br&unr_;dan to roast, G. braten, and possibly to E. breed. ] 1. A muscle; flesh. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Formed well of brawns and of bones. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Full, strong muscles, esp. of the arm or leg, muscular strength; a protuberant muscular part of the body; sometimes, the arm. [ 1913 Webster ]

Brawn without brains is thine. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

It was ordained that murderers should be brent on the brawn of the left hand. E. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

And in my vantbrace put this withered brawn. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The flesh of a boar; also, the salted and prepared flesh of a boar. [ 1913 Webster ]

The best age for the boar is from two to five years, at which time it is best to geld him, or sell him for brawn. Mortimer. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A boar. [ Obs. ] Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Brawny; strong; muscular. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A boor killed for the table. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being brawny. [ 1913 Webster ]