browning

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}]
    

Brown \Brown\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Browned}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Browning}.]
   1. To make brown or dusky.
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            A trembling twilight o'er welkin moves,
            Browns the dim void and darkens deep the groves.
                                                  --Barlow.
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   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.
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Browning \Brown"ing\, n.
   1. The act or operation of giving a brown color, as to gun
      barrels, etc.
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   2. (Masonry) A smooth coat of brown mortar, usually the
      second coat, and the preparation for the finishing coat of
      plaster.
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Browning, IL (village, FIPS 8953)
  Location: 40.12806 N, 90.37281 W
  Population (1990): 193 (90 housing units)
  Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Browning, KY
  Zip code(s): 42274
Browning, MO (city, FIPS 8884)
  Location: 40.03491 N, 93.16024 W
  Population (1990): 331 (191 housing units)
  Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Zip code(s): 64630
Browning, MT (town, FIPS 10375)
  Location: 48.55671 N, 113.01366 W
  Population (1990): 1170 (421 housing units)
  Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    

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
    

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
    

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
    

BROWNING

Robert, a cryptogram writer whose poems are
deciphered by the Bostonese and cultured English people.  It
has been estimated that B. could say more with fewer words and
conceal his meaning better than any writer since the adaptation
of the alphabet as a means of expression.
    

BROWNING

Mrs., Bob's wife.  She also wrote poems. They were
easily understood, and consequently seldom read.