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browning [ˈbraʊnɪŋ] n (Cookery) Brit a substance used to darken soups, gravies, etc Browning [ˈbraʊnɪŋ] n 1. (Military / Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) Also called Browning automatic rifle a portable gas-operated air-cooled automatic rifle using .30 calibre ammunition and capable of firing between 200 and 350 rounds per minute Abbreviation BAR 2. (Military / Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) Also called Browning machine gun a water-cooled automatic machine gun using .30 or .50 calibre ammunition and capable of firing over 500 rounds per minute [named after John M. Browning (1855-1926), American designer of firearms] Browning1 n
1. (Biographies / Browning, Elizabeth Barrett (1806-1861) F, English, WRITING: poet, WRITING: critic) Elizabeth Barrett. 1806-61, English poet and critic; author of the Sonnets from the Portuguese (1850) 2. (Biographies / Browning, Robert (1812-1889) M, English, WRITING: poet) her husband, Robert. 1812-89, English poet, noted for his dramatic monologues and The Ring and the Book (1868-69) ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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| Browning is justly chargeable with "obscurity"--with a difficulty of manner, that is, beyond the intrinsic difficulty of his matter--it is very probable that an Introduction to the study of his works, such as this of Mr. Browning, 1806- Charlotte Bronte,
Carlyle, 1795-1881. One need not question the greatness of Browning in owning the fact that the two poets of his day who preeminently voiced their generation were Tennyson and Longfellow; though Browning, like Emerson, is possibly now more modern than either. |
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