01 n. A muscle; flesh.
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A muscle; flesh.[Obs.]“Formed well of brawns and of bones.” — Chaucer.
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Full, strong muscles, esp. of the arm or leg, muscular strength; a protuberant muscular part of the body; sometimes, the arm.“Brawn without brains is thine.” — Dryden.“It was ordained that murderers should be brent on the brawn of the left hand.” — E. Hall.“And in my vantbrace put this withered brawn.” — Shak.
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The flesh of a boar; also, the salted and prepared flesh of a boar.“The best age for the boar is from two to five years, at which time it is best to geld him, or sell him for brawn.” — Mortimer.
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A boar.[Obs.]