| brawn | 1. A muscle; flesh. "Formed well of brawns and of bones." (Chaucer) 2. Full, strong muscles, especially. Of the arm or leg, muscular strength; a protuberant muscular part of the body; sometimes, the arm. "Brawn without brains is thine." (Dryden) "It was ordained that murderers should be brent on the brawn of the left hand." (E. Hall) "And in my vantbrace put this withered brawn." (Shak) 3. The flesh of a boar; also, the salted and prepared flesh of a boar. "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) 4. A boar. Origin: OF. Braon fleshy part, muscle, fr. HG. Brto flesh, G. Braten roast meat; akin to Icel. Br flesh, food of beasts, AS. Brde roast meat, brdan to roast, G. Braten, and possibly to E. Breed. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| brawned | Brawny; strong; muscular. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| brawny | Having large, strong muscles; muscular; fleshy; strong. "Brawny limbs." Synonym: Muscular, fleshy, strong, bulky, sinewy, athletic, stalwart, powerful, robust. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| brawny arm | A swollen arm caused by lymphedema, particularly after homolateral radical mastectomy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| brawny oedema | Swelling of subcutaneous tissues which cannot be indented by compression easily. Usually due to metabolic abnormality, such as increased glycosaminoglycan content, like that which occurs in Graves' disease (pretibial myxoedema) or in early phase of scleroderma. Synonym: brawny oedema. (05 Mar 2000) |
| brawny scleritis | A gelatinous-appearing swelling surrounding the cornea with a tendency to involve the periphery of the cornea. Synonym: gelatinous scleritis. (05 Mar 2000) |