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Entry 5 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Brank

/brăngk/ · IPA /ˈbɹæŋk/
01 n. Buckwheat.
  1. 1.
    Buckwheat.[Local, Eng.]
02 n. A sort of bridle with wooden side pieces.
  1. 1.
    A sort of bridle with wooden side pieces.[Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
  2. 2.
    A scolding bridle, an instrument formerly used for correcting scolding women. It was an iron frame surrounding the head and having a triangular piece entering the mouth of the scold.
03 v. i. To hold up and toss the head; -- applied to horses as spurning the bit.
  1. 1.
    To hold up and toss the head; -- applied to horses as spurning the bit.[Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
  2. 2.
    To prance; to caper.[Scot.]