brankn.¹

/braŋk/

Forms: Also 1500s branke, 1600s branck.

Etymology: Derivation unknown.The plant was introduced from Asia in 14th or 15th centuries perhaps by the Turks; compare its various names, Latin frumentum Turcicum, German heide(n)kraut, French blé sarrasin, Polish poganka, Czech pohanka lit. ‘heathen, Turkish’. There is a certain similarity of sound between the last and brank, but nothing is known of any connection.

Obsolete or dialect.

Buckwheat ( Fagopyrum esculentum).

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > corn, cereals, or grain > [noun] > other grains

buckwheat1548

brank1577

bullimong1578

sesame1600

block-wheat1611

fundi1670

kurakkan1681

manna seeds1764

manna1780

teff1790

bajra1813

semsem1866

sesame grain1867

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > cereal, corn, or grain > [noun] > other grains

buckwheat1548

brank1577

bullimong1578

block-wheat1611

kurakkan1681

rice1713

teff1790

bajra1813

1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry i. f. 40^v You may sowe Bucke, or Branke, as they call it.

1677 London Gaz. No. 1227/4 A Dutch built Hoy, laden with 14 Tuns of Buck, or Branck.

1730 Magna Britannia V. 275 The Eastern parts..produce Plenty of Branke and Hemp.

1815 W. Johnston tr. J. Beckmann Hist. Invent. (1846) I. 430 It is grown [in] Norfolk and Suffolk, where it is called brank.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

† brankn.²

Forms: Also braunk, branke.

Etymology: < Old French branc (branc de l'espée sword-blade), taken by Diez as a variant of brant = brand n., though, as the Provençal form is brenc, this appears doubtful.

Obsolete. rare.

A brand, a sword. Apparently only in Caxton.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > side arms > sword > [noun]

sword971

brandOE

edgeOE

ironOE

brandelletc1325

garec1330

toolc1386

brank1480

tranchefera1533

flatchet1577

Morglay1582

smiter1591

brandiron1596

Toledo1601

machaira1614

spit-frog1615

toasting-irona1616

spit1642

bilbo1676

porker1688

tilter1688

degen1699

spurtlec1700

toaster1751

toasting-fork1807

slasher1815

cheese-cutter1824

khanda1825

cheese-toaster1858

windlestraw1895

1480 W. Caxton tr. Ovid Metamorphoses xii. xii He..bete hym with his branke of steel.

1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) iii. 81 His braunk of stele.

1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) i. 28 Soo heued vppe the duke his branke of stele, and smote Lohier.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

† brankv.¹

/braŋk/

Etymology: apparently < brank, singular of branks n.¹

Scottish. Obsolete.

transitive. To bridle, restrain; to put in the branks. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restrain [verb (transitive)] > hold in check

bridleOE

tempera1050

chastec1230

to hold inc1300

straina1340

stintc1366

attemperc1380

restraina1387

rulea1391

ward1390

coarctc1400

obtemper?a1425

to hold or keep (a person) shortc1425

compesce1430

stent1488

coactc1520

repressa1525

compress1526

control1548

snaffle1555

temperatea1568

brank1574

halter1577

curb1588

shortena1599

to bear (a rein) upon1603

check1629

coerceate1657

bit1825

throttle1862

hold1901

1574 in J. Smith Burgh Rec. Glasgow (1832) 7 Gif þai flyte to be brankit.

a1600 in J. G. Dalyell Scotish Poems 16th Cent. (1801) II. 194 We sall gar brank you Before that time trewly.

1664 Mem. Dr. Spottiswode (1811) 74 (Jam.) They feared also that their estaittes might be branked.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online September 2019).

† brankv.²

Etymology: Of uncertain origin. Compare German prangen ‘to adorn oneself, vaunt, brag’, for which Middle High German had brangen (also brankieren ); perhaps the English word was adapted from an equivalent Low German form. Compare prank v.¹ Jamieson connects it with brank v.¹, through the notion of ‘bridle up oneself’.

Obsolete exc. Scottish and dialect.

1. intransitive. Of horses: To prance, to toss the head.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > habits and actions of horse > [verb (intransitive)] > leap or prance

tripc1386

prancea1398

brank?1400

leapc1405

gambol?1507

curvet1584

jet1587

jaunt1605

scope1607

stilt1786

caracol1813

prank1842

cavort1843–4

tittup1862

?1400 [see branking adj. at Derivatives].

a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1960) xi. xii. 7 Wedis, Apon thar strait born brydillis brankand fast.

2. Of persons: To march in a confident or demonstrative fashion; to strut; to prance, prank.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk, tread, or step [verb (intransitive)] > in stately or affected manner

prancea1398

jeta1400

prankc1450

strut1518

stalk1530

jotc1560

brank1568

piaffe1593

strit1597

swagger1600

stretch1619

prig1623

flutter1690

prink1696

jut1763

strunt1789

straddle1802

major1814

cakewalk1890

sashay1968

the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > make ostentatious display or show off [verb (intransitive)] > move or walk ostentatiously

trail1303

jeta1400

prancec1422

prankc1450

brank1568

promenade1699

parade1748

sashay1968

1568 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1928) III. 83 He cumis brankand throw the toun.

1811 A. Grant Ess. Superstit. Highlanders II. 260 When Donald came branking down the brae Wi' twenty thousand men.

1862 H. Kingsley Ravenshoe II. xxi. 243 They came branking into some pot-house.

Derivatives

ˈbranking adj. (also brankand)

ΚΠ

?1400 Morte Arth. 1861 They hewene, With brandez of browne stele brankkand stedez!

1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd iv. ii Her brankan wooer taks his horse, To strut a gentle spark at E'nburgh cross.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

n.¹1577

n.²1480

v.¹1574

v.²?1400

单词	brank
释义	brankn.¹ /braŋk/ Forms: Also 1500s branke, 1600s branck. Etymology: Derivation unknown.The plant was introduced from Asia in 14th or 15th centuries perhaps by the Turks; compare its various names, Latin frumentum Turcicum, German heide(n)kraut, French blé sarrasin, Polish poganka, Czech pohanka lit. ‘heathen, Turkish’. There is a certain similarity of sound between the last and brank, but nothing is known of any connection. Obsolete or dialect. Buckwheat ( Fagopyrum esculentum). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > corn, cereals, or grain > [noun] > other grains buckwheat1548 brank1577 bullimong1578 sesame1600 block-wheat1611 fundi1670 kurakkan1681 manna seeds1764 manna1780 teff1790 bajra1813 semsem1866 sesame grain1867 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > cereal, corn, or grain > [noun] > other grains buckwheat1548 brank1577 bullimong1578 block-wheat1611 kurakkan1681 rice1713 teff1790 bajra1813 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry i. f. 40^v You may sowe Bucke, or Branke, as they call it. 1677 London Gaz. No. 1227/4 A Dutch built Hoy, laden with 14 Tuns of Buck, or Branck. 1730 Magna Britannia V. 275 The Eastern parts..produce Plenty of Branke and Hemp. 1815 W. Johnston tr. J. Beckmann Hist. Invent. (1846) I. 430 It is grown [in] Norfolk and Suffolk, where it is called brank. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2021). † brankn.² Forms: Also braunk, branke. Etymology: < Old French branc (branc de l'espée sword-blade), taken by Diez as a variant of brant = brand n., though, as the Provençal form is brenc, this appears doubtful. Obsolete. rare. A brand, a sword. Apparently only in Caxton. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > side arms > sword > [noun] sword971 brandOE edgeOE ironOE brandelletc1325 garec1330 toolc1386 brank1480 tranchefera1533 flatchet1577 Morglay1582 smiter1591 brandiron1596 Toledo1601 machaira1614 spit-frog1615 toasting-irona1616 spit1642 bilbo1676 porker1688 tilter1688 degen1699 spurtlec1700 toaster1751 toasting-fork1807 slasher1815 cheese-cutter1824 khanda1825 cheese-toaster1858 windlestraw1895 1480 W. Caxton tr. Ovid Metamorphoses xii. xii He..bete hym with his branke of steel. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) iii. 81 His braunk of stele. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) i. 28 Soo heued vppe the duke his branke of stele, and smote Lohier. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021). † brankv.¹ /braŋk/ Etymology: apparently < brank, singular of branks n.¹ Scottish. Obsolete. transitive. To bridle, restrain; to put in the branks. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restrain [verb (transitive)] > hold in check bridleOE tempera1050 chastec1230 to hold inc1300 straina1340 stintc1366 attemperc1380 restraina1387 rulea1391 ward1390 coarctc1400 obtemper?a1425 to hold or keep (a person) shortc1425 compesce1430 stent1488 coactc1520 repressa1525 compress1526 control1548 snaffle1555 temperatea1568 brank1574 halter1577 curb1588 shortena1599 to bear (a rein) upon1603 check1629 coerceate1657 bit1825 throttle1862 hold1901 1574 in J. Smith Burgh Rec. Glasgow (1832) 7 Gif þai flyte to be brankit. a1600 in J. G. Dalyell Scotish Poems 16th Cent. (1801) II. 194 We sall gar brank you Before that time trewly. 1664 Mem. Dr. Spottiswode (1811) 74 (Jam.) They feared also that their estaittes might be branked. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online September 2019). † brankv.² Etymology: Of uncertain origin. Compare German prangen ‘to adorn oneself, vaunt, brag’, for which Middle High German had brangen (also brankieren ); perhaps the English word was adapted from an equivalent Low German form. Compare prank v.¹ Jamieson connects it with brank v.¹, through the notion of ‘bridle up oneself’. Obsolete exc. Scottish and dialect. 1. intransitive. Of horses: To prance, to toss the head. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > habits and actions of horse > [verb (intransitive)] > leap or prance tripc1386 prancea1398 brank?1400 leapc1405 gambol?1507 curvet1584 jet1587 jaunt1605 scope1607 stilt1786 caracol1813 prank1842 cavort1843–4 tittup1862 ?1400 [see branking adj. at Derivatives]. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1960) xi. xii. 7 Wedis, Apon thar strait born brydillis brankand fast. 2. Of persons: To march in a confident or demonstrative fashion; to strut; to prance, prank. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk, tread, or step [verb (intransitive)] > in stately or affected manner prancea1398 jeta1400 prankc1450 strut1518 stalk1530 jotc1560 brank1568 piaffe1593 strit1597 swagger1600 stretch1619 prig1623 flutter1690 prink1696 jut1763 strunt1789 straddle1802 major1814 cakewalk1890 sashay1968 the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > make ostentatious display or show off [verb (intransitive)] > move or walk ostentatiously trail1303 jeta1400 prancec1422 prankc1450 brank1568 promenade1699 parade1748 sashay1968 1568 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1928) III. 83 He cumis brankand throw the toun. 1811 A. Grant Ess. Superstit. Highlanders II. 260 When Donald came branking down the brae Wi' twenty thousand men. 1862 H. Kingsley Ravenshoe II. xxi. 243 They came branking into some pot-house. Derivatives ˈbranking adj. (also brankand) ΚΠ ?1400 Morte Arth. 1861 They hewene, With brandez of browne stele brankkand stedez! 1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd iv. ii Her brankan wooer taks his horse, To strut a gentle spark at E'nburgh cross. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.¹1577n.²1480v.¹1574v.²?1400
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Derivatives

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