Brawn
n.
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A muscle; flesh. [Obs.]
Formed well of brawns and of bones.
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Full, strong muscles, esp. of the arm or leg, muscular strength; a protuberant muscular part of the body; sometimes, the arm.
Brawn without brains is thine.
It was ordained that murderers should be brent on the brawn of the left hand.
And in my vantbrace put this withered brawn.
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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.
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A boar. [Obs.]