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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
brawn
    n 1: possessing muscular strength [syn: brawn, brawniness,
         muscle, muscularity, sinew, heftiness]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Brawn \Brawn\, n. [OF. braon fleshy part, muscle, fr. HG. br?to
   flesh, G. braten roast meat; akin to Icel. br?? flesh, food
   of beasts, AS. br?de roast meat, br?dan to roast, G. braten,
   and possibly to E. breed.]
   1. A muscle; flesh. [Obs.]
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            Formed well of brawns and of bones.   --Chaucer.
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   2. Full, strong muscles, esp. of the arm or leg, muscular
      strength; a protuberant muscular part of the body;
      sometimes, the arm.
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            Brawn without brains is thine.        --Dryden.
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            It was ordained that murderers should be brent on
            the brawn of the left hand.           --E. Hall.
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            And in my vantbrace put this withered brawn. --Shak.
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   3. The flesh of a boar; also, the salted and prepared flesh
      of a boar.
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            The best age for the boar is from two to five years,
            at which time it is best to geld him, or sell him
            for brawn.                            --Mortimer.
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   4. A boar. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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