† tire-brainn.
Obsolete. rare.
One who (or that which) tires the brain by constant thinking; a ‘busy-brain’.
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the mind > mental capacity > understanding > wisdom, sagacity > wise man, sage > pretender to wisdom, wiseacre > [noun]
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1589 W. Warner Albions Eng. (new ed.) v. xxv. 111 Not adding or abstracting as conceited Tier-braines will.
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