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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
Browning
    n 1: United States inventor of firearms (especially automatic
         pistols and repeating rifles and a machine gun called the
         Peacemaker) (1855-1926) [syn: Browning, John M.
         Browning, John Moses Browning]
    2: English poet and husband of Elizabeth Barrett Browning noted
       for his dramatic monologues (1812-1889) [syn: Browning,
       Robert Browning]
    3: English poet best remembered for love sonnets written to her
       husband Robert Browning (1806-1861) [syn: Browning,
       Elizabeth Barrett Browning]
    4: cooking to a brown crispiness over a fire or on a grill;
       "proper toasting should brown both sides of a piece of bread"
       [syn: toasting, browning]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Brown \Brown\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Browned; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Browning.]
   1. To make brown or dusky.
      [1913 Webster]

            A trembling twilight o'er welkin moves,
            Browns the dim void and darkens deep the groves.
                                                  --Barlow.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. To make brown by scorching slightly; as, to brown meat or
      flour.
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   3. To give a bright brown color to, as to gun barrels, by
      forming a thin coat of oxide on their surface. --Ure.
      [1913 Webster]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Browning \Brown"ing\, n.
   1. The act or operation of giving a brown color, as to gun
      barrels, etc.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Masonry) A smooth coat of brown mortar, usually the
      second coat, and the preparation for the finishing coat of
      plaster.
      [1913 Webster]

4. U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Browning, MT -- U.S. town in Montana
   Population (2000):    1065
   Housing Units (2000): 409
   Land area (2000):     0.272297 sq. miles (0.705246 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    0.272297 sq. miles (0.705246 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            10375
   Located within:       Montana (MT), FIPS 30
   Location:             48.556917 N, 113.014571 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):    
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Browning, MT
    Browning


5. U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Browning, IL -- U.S. village in Illinois
   Population (2000):    130
   Housing Units (2000): 63
   Land area (2000):     0.310239 sq. miles (0.803515 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    0.310239 sq. miles (0.803515 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            08953
   Located within:       Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
   Location:             40.129321 N, 90.372441 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):    
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Browning, IL
    Browning


6. U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Browning, MO -- U.S. city in Missouri
   Population (2000):    317
   Housing Units (2000): 177
   Land area (2000):     0.524400 sq. miles (1.358189 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    0.524400 sq. miles (1.358189 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            08884
   Located within:       Missouri (MO), FIPS 29
   Location:             40.034934 N, 93.160443 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     64630
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Browning, MO
    Browning


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