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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Brent \Brent\, Brant \Brant\, adjective [AS. brant; akin to Dan. brat, Icel. brattr, steep.]
1. Steep; high. [Obs.]
Grapes grow on the brant rocks so wonderfully that ye will marvel how any man dare climb up to them. --Ascham.
2. Smooth; unwrinkled. [Scot.]
Your bonnie brow was brent. --Burns.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Brand goose \Brand" goose'\ [Prob. fr. 1st brand + goose: cf. Sw. brandg[*a]s. Cf. {Brant}.] (Zo["o]l.) A species of wild goose ({Branta bernicla}) usually called in America {brant}. See {Brant}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Brant \Brant\ (br[a^]nt), noun [Cf.{Brand goose}, {Brent}, {Brenicle}.] (Zo["o]l.) A species of wild goose ({Branta bernicla}) -- called also {brent} and {brand goose}. The name is also applied to other related species.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Brant \Brant\, adjective [See {Brent}.] Steep. [Prov. Eng.]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
brant
noun: small dark geese that breed in the north and migrate southward [syn: {brant goose}, {brent}, {brent goose}] [also: {brants} (pl)]
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Brant, MI Zip code(s): 48614
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