brian

verbcommon in dialogue

United States

To keep fire at the mouth of (as of an oven), to give light or to preserve heat.

verb

1
To keep fire at the mouth of (as of an oven), to give light or to preserve heat.

Etymology

From dialectal English, probably variant of brine (“to burn”), from brine (“a burning”), from Middle English brüne (“a burn, a burning”), from Old English bryne (“a burning, conflagration, fire, flame, heat, inflammation, burn, scald, torch, fervor, passion”), from Proto-Germanic *bruniz (“fire, burning”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrenu- (“burn, fire”). Cognate with Scots brin (“a flash”), Scots brin, bryne (“to be on fire, be inflamed, burn”), Old Norse bruni (“fire, burning”). More at burn.

Forms

past tense: brianed
past participle: brianed
present participle: brianing
third person singular: brians

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