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browning

nounverbattested in dialogue

  • //ˈbɹaʊ.nɪŋ//

The act or operation of giving a brown colour, as to gun barrels, cooked food, etc.

noun

  1. 1

    The act or operation of giving a brown colour, as to gun barrels, cooked food, etc.

  2. 2

    Any of various preparations used to impart a brown colour to gravy, leather, etc.

  3. 3

    A smooth coat of brown mortar, usually the second coat, and the preparation for the finishing coat of plaster.

  4. 4

    A brown-skinned person.

    One or two white gyal / Three or four lighties / Five or six darkies / Seven or eight brownings

verb

  1. 1

    Also a form of brownpresent participle and gerund of brown

Forms

plural
brownings
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