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† ˈbrandon Obs. rare.
Also brandom.
[a. F. brandon burning wisp of straw, etc.: com. Romanic:—L. type *brandōn-em, f. Teut. brand burning.]
1. A torch. lit. and fig. (Frequent in Drummond.)
a1649Drummond of Hawthornden Shadow of Judgm., Her right hand swings a brandon in the air. ― Poems 14 His [Cupid's] Darts..all for nought him serve as doth his Brandom.
‖2. A kind of French rustic dance (see Littré).
1755Gentl. Mag. XXV. 175 The Brandons were celebrated in many cities in France the first Sunday of Lent, round bonfires of straw, whence they had their name. |