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Bruin|ˈbruːɪn|
In Caxton brune, brunne, bruyn.
[a. MDu. bruin (bruyn, bruun) brown, the name of the bear in Reynard the Fox.]
An appellation applied, after the manner of a proper name, to the Common or Brown Bear. (It has advanced so far in the direction of a common noun as to be often written without capital B.)
1481Caxton Reynard vii. (Arb.) 1 How bruyn the bere spedde wyth the foxe. Ibid. 11 The kynge..saide to brune the bere, syr brune, I wyl that ye doo this message. 1663Butler Hud. i. iii. 131 Mean while th' approach'd the place where Bruin Was now engag'd to mortal ruine. 1728Pope Dunc. i. 99 So watchful Bruin forms with plastic care Each growing lump, and brings it to a Bear. 1764T. Bridges Homer Travest. II. 89 No more each two-legg'd bruin swears. 1837W. Irving Capt. Bonneville III. 137 Promising to entrap bruin. 1867Mrs. Harvey Cruise Claymore 130 During the autumn Bruin may not unfrequently be seen near the vineyards. |