a. [f. BROWN a. + -ISH1.]
1. Somewhat brown.
1555. Eden, Decades W. Ind. (Arb.), 193. Eyght of their hennes … of brownyshe coloure.
1607. Topsell, Four-f. Beasts, 444. Hair … of colour like a Ches-nut, or brownish.
1878. Huxley, Physiogr., 26. The sands of the Bagshot series … are commonly of yellow and brownish colours.
2. Comb., as brownish-colo(u)red; also with other colors, as brownish-black, -grey, -red, etc.
1685. Lond. Gaz., No. 2061. 2/2. A Brownish Black Mare. Ibid. (1689), No. 2433/4. A middle sized Man, his Hair curled and brownish coloured.
1831. Brewster, Nat. Magic, ii. (1833), 23. At first … it is brownish-red.
