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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Brat \Brat\ (br[a^]t), noun [OE. bratt coarse garnment, AS. bratt cloak, fr. the Celtic; cf. W. brat clout, rag, Gael. brat cloak, apron, rag, Ir. brat cloak; properly then, a child's bib or clout; hence, a child.]
1. A coarse garment or cloak; also, coarse clothing, in general. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
2. A coarse kind of apron for keeping the clothes clean; a bib. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] --Wright.
3. A child; an offspring; -- formerly used in a good sense, but now usually in a contemptuous sense. ''This brat is none of mine.'' --Shak. ''A beggar's brat.'' --Swift.
O Israel! O household of the Lord! O Abraham's brats! O brood of blessed seed! --Gascoigne.
4. The young of an animal. [Obs.] --L'Estrange.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Brat \Brat\, noun (Mining) A thin bed of coal mixed with pyrites or carbonate of lime.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
brat
noun
1: a very troublesome child [syn: {terror}, {little terror}, {holy terror}]
2: a small pork sausage [syn: {bratwurst}]
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