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Branks
Brank Brank, Branks Branks, n. [Cf. Gael. brangus, brangas,
a sort of pillory, Ir. brancas halter, or D. pranger fetter.]
1. A sort of bridle with wooden side pieces. [Scot. & Prov.
Eng.] --Jamieson.
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.
Brank
Brank Brank, v. i.
1. To hold up and toss the head; -- applied to horses as
spurning the bit. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
2. To prance; to caper. [Scot.] --Jamieson.
Brank
Brank Brank, n. [Prov. of Celtic origin; cf. L. brance, brace,
the Gallic name of a particularly white kind of corn.]
Buckwheat. [Local, Eng.] --Halliwell.
Brank
Brank Brank, Branks Branks, n. [Cf. Gael. brangus, brangas,
a sort of pillory, Ir. brancas halter, or D. pranger fetter.]
1. A sort of bridle with wooden side pieces. [Scot. & Prov.
Eng.] --Jamieson.
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.
Meaning of Branks from wikipedia
- bridle,
sometimes called a witch's bridle, a gossip's bridle, a
brank's bridle, or
simply branks, was an
instrument of punishment, as a form of
public humiliation...
- or pond);
parading through the street;
being put in the scold's
bridle (
branks) or the stocks.
Selling bad
bread or bad ale was also
punished in these...
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Robert Brank Vance (1793 –
November 6, 1827) was a
Congressional Representative from
North Carolina. He was born on
Reems Cr****, near Asheville, North...
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Stool of
repentance and
branks, Holy
Trinity Church, St. Andrews...
- feathered". The Conversation. Cox,
James (Spring 2009). "Bilboes, Brands, and
Branks:
Colonial Crimes and Punishments".
Colonial Williamsburg Journal. McBride-Ahebee...
- The
Bronx (/
brɒŋks/ BRONKS) is the
northernmost borough of New York City,
coextensive with
Bronx County, in the U.S.
state of New York. It is
south of...
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Peter Paul
Brang (1852–1925) was a
Viennese architect who
worked in what are
today the
Czech Republic and Slovenia, as well as in
Bulgaria and Romania...
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Detroit warehouse packed with
vintage searchlights. 279 12 "Frank Meet
Brank" June 10, 2019 (2019-06-10) 20.12 The guys have high
hopes when they uncover...
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statue was
dedicated in 2015 in
honor of the
local Soldier -
Ephraim McLean Brank - who, as
legend has it, was the "Kentucky rifleman" at the
Battle of New...
- The
Bronx River (/
brɒŋks/), is a
river that is
approximately 24
miles (39 km) long, and
flows through southeastern New York in the
United States and drains...
