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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Browning

· Brown·ing · IPA /ˈbɹaʊ.nɪŋ/
01 n. The act or operation of giving a brown color, as to gun barrels, etc.
  1. 1.
    The act or operation of giving a brown color, as to gun barrels, etc.
  2. 2.
    A smooth coat of brown mortar, usually the second coat, and the preparation for the finishing coat of plaster.(Masonry)