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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_95828" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_95828" /> == | ||
<p> '''(1):''' (n.) | <p> '''(1):''' (n.) A dark color inclining to red or yellow, resulting from the mixture of red and black, or of red, black, and yellow; a tawny, dusky hue. </p> <p> '''(2):''' (superl.) Of a dark color, of various shades between black and red or yellow. </p> <p> '''(3):''' (v. t.) To make brown or dusky. </p> <p> '''(4):''' (v. t.) To make brown by scorching slightly; as, to brown meat or flour. </p> <p> '''(5):''' (v. t.) To give a bright brown color to, as to gun barrels, by forming a thin coat of oxide on their surface. </p> <p> '''(6):''' (v. i.) To become brown. </p> | ||
== King James Dictionary <ref name="term_58664" /> == | == King James Dictionary <ref name="term_58664" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> BROWN, a. Dusky of a dark or dusky color, inclining to redness but the shades are various, as Spanish brown, London brown, clove brown, tawny brown. [[Brown]] results from a mixture of red, black and yellow. </p> <p> BROWN, To make brown or dusky. </p> <p> A trembling twilight o'er the welkin moves, </p> <p> Browns the dim void, and darkens deep the groves. </p> | ||
== Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_39139" /> == | == Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_39139" /> == | ||
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== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_50100" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_50100" /> == | ||
<p> <strong> | <p> <strong> BROWN </strong> . See Colours, § <strong> 2 </strong> . </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_27926" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_27926" /> == | ||
<p> (חוּם, '' | <p> ( '''''חוּם''''' , ''Chum,'' literally ''Scorched),'' i.e. ''Black,'' the term applied to dark-colored sheep in a flock ( Genesis 30:32-40). (See [[Color]]). </p> | ||
==References == | ==References == | ||
Latest revision as of 09:28, 15 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): (n.) A dark color inclining to red or yellow, resulting from the mixture of red and black, or of red, black, and yellow; a tawny, dusky hue.
(2): (superl.) Of a dark color, of various shades between black and red or yellow.
(3): (v. t.) To make brown or dusky.
(4): (v. t.) To make brown by scorching slightly; as, to brown meat or flour.
(5): (v. t.) To give a bright brown color to, as to gun barrels, by forming a thin coat of oxide on their surface.
(6): (v. i.) To become brown.
King James Dictionary [2]
BROWN, a. Dusky of a dark or dusky color, inclining to redness but the shades are various, as Spanish brown, London brown, clove brown, tawny brown. Brown results from a mixture of red, black and yellow.
BROWN, To make brown or dusky.
A trembling twilight o'er the welkin moves,
Browns the dim void, and darkens deep the groves.
Holman Bible Dictionary [3]
Genesis 30:32-33 30:35 30:40ColorsBlack
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [4]
BROWN . See Colours, § 2 .
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [5]
( חוּם , Chum, literally Scorched), i.e. Black, the term applied to dark-colored sheep in a flock ( Genesis 30:32-40). (See Color).
