v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Branded; p. pr. & vb. n. Branding. ]. 1. To burn a distinctive mark into or upon with a hot iron, to indicate quality, ownership, etc., or to mark as infamous (as a convict). [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To put an actual distinctive mark upon in any other way, as with a stencil, to show quality of contents, name of manufacture, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Fig.: To fix a mark of infamy, or a stigma, upon. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Inquisition branded its victims with infamy. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

There were the enormities, branded and condemned by the first and most natural verdict of common humanity. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To mark or impress indelibly, as with a hot iron. [ 1913 Webster ]

As if it were branded on my mind. Geo. Eliot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. brand, brond, AS. brand brond brand, sword, from byrnan, beornan, to burn; akin to D., Dan., Sw., & G. brand brand, Icel. brandr a brand, blade of a sword. √32. See Burn, v. t., and cf. Brandish. ] 1. A burning piece of wood; or a stick or piece of wood partly burnt, whether burning or after the fire is extinct. [ 1913 Webster ]

Snatching a live brand from a wigwam, Mason threw it on a matted roof. Palfrey. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A sword, so called from its glittering or flashing brightness. [ Poetic ] Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Paradise, so late their happy seat,
Waved over by that flaming brand. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A mark made by burning with a hot iron, as upon a cask, to designate the quality, manufacturer, etc., of the contents, or upon an animal, to designate ownership; -- also, a mark for a similar purpose made in any other way, as with a stencil. Hence, figurately: Quality; kind; grade; as, a good brand of flour. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A mark put upon criminals with a hot iron. Hence: Any mark of infamy or vice; a stigma. [ 1913 Webster ]

The brand of private vice. Channing. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. An instrument to brand with; a branding iron. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Bot.) Any minute fungus which produces a burnt appearance in plants. The brands are of many species and several genera of the order Pucciniæi. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ So named after Brandenburg, a province and a town of Prussia. ] A kind of decoration for the breast of a coat, sometimes only a frog with a loop, but in some military uniforms enlarged into a broad horizontal stripe. [ 1913 Webster ]

He wore a coat . . . trimmed with Brandenburgs. Smollett. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, brands; a branding iron. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A gridiron. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Prob. fr. 1st brand + goose: cf. Sw. brandgås. Cf. Brant. ] (Zool.) A species of wild goose (Branta bernicla) usually called in America brant. See Brant. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Mingled with brandy; made stronger by the addition of brandy; flavored or treated with brandy; as, brandied peaches. [ 1913 Webster ]

An iron to brand with. [ 1913 Webster ]

. 1. A branding iron. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A trivet to set a pot on. Huloet. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The horizontal bar of an andiron. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Brandished p. pr. & vb. n. Brandishing. ] [ OE. braundisen, F. brandir, fr. brand a sword, fr. OHG. brant brand. See Brand, n. ] 1. To move or wave, as a weapon; to raise and move in various directions; to shake or flourish. [ 1913 Webster ]

The quivering lance which he brandished bright. Drake. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To play with; to flourish; as, to brandish syllogisms. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A flourish, as with a weapon, whip, etc. “Brandishes of the fan.” Tailer. [ 1913 Webster ]