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v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Browsed p. pr. & vb. n. Browsing. ] [ For broust, OF. brouster, bruster, F. brouter. See Browse, n., and cf. Brut. ] 1. To eat or nibble off, as the tender branches of trees, shrubs, etc.; -- said of cattle, sheep, deer, and some other animals. [ 1913 Webster ]

Yes, like the stag, when snow the plasture sheets,
The barks of trees thou browsedst. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To feed on, as pasture; to pasture on; to graze. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fields . . . browsed by deep-uddered kine. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To look casually through (a book, books, or a set of documents), reading those parts which arouse one's interest. Contrasted with scan, in which one typically is searching for something specific. [ PJC ]

3. (Computers) To look at a series of electronic documents on a computer screen by means of a browser{ 2 }. [ PJC ]

v. i. 1. To feed on the tender branches or shoots of shrubs or trees, as do cattle, sheep, and deer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To pasture; to feed; to nibble; to graze. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To look casually through a book, books, or a set of documents, reading those parts which arouse one's interest. [ PJC ]

4. To search through a group of items to find something, not previously specified, which may be of interest. [ PJC ]

n. 1. An animal that browses. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Computers) a computer program that permits the user to view multiple electronic documents in a flexible sequence by the process of activating hypertext “buttons” within one document, which serves as a reference to the location of related document. The term is currently (late 1990's) used mostly for programs which allow traversing hypertext paths in documents on the internet. A typical browser will permit the user to easily reverse direction, and view again documents previously accessed. [ PJC ]

n. Shrubs and bushes upon which animals browse. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To make heavy with sleepiness or imperfect sleep; to make dull or stupid. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A slight or imperfect sleep; a doze. [ 1913 Webster ]

But smiled on in a drowse of ecstasy. Mrs. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Drowsed p. pr. & vb. n. Drowsing. ] [ AS. drūsian, drūsan, to sink, become slow or inactive; cf. OD. droosen to be sleepy, fall asleep, LG. drūsen, druusken, to slumber, fall down with a noise; prob, akin to AS. dreósan to fall. See Dreary. ] To sleep imperfectly or unsoundly; to slumber; to be heavy with sleepiness; to doze. “He drowsed upon his couch.” South. [ 1913 Webster ]

In the pool drowsed the cattle up to their knees. Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ Cf. gruesome, grewsome, and G. grausen to make shudder, shiver. ] To shiver; to have chills. [ Obs. or Prov. Eng. ] Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Wearing trousers. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]