[f. BRAND v.]

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  1.  a. Marked with a hot iron. b. Bearing a trade-mark, or mark of quality.

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1652.  Proc. Parliament, No. 159. 2502, Advt. A light grey Mare … branded with E.

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a. 1704.  T. Brown, Sat. Quack, Wks. 1730, I. 64. A branded villain.

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1880.  Daily Tel., 30 April. There is no alteration in branded iron.

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  2.  fig. Marked with infamy, stigmatized.

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1601.  R. Yarington, True Lament. Traj., V. ii. in Bullen, O. Pl. IV. Bronded with a marke of Shame.

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1654.  Curia Politiæ, 100. Why should that branded Polititian make feare and love impossible and inseparable?

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1878.  Bosw. Smith, Carthage, 265. Branded with the defeat of Cannæ.

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