Brent : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Brent	by the DICT Development Group
7 results for Brent
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
brent n small dark geese that breed in the north and migrate southward Synonym(s): brant, brant goose, brent, brent goose
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Brent \Brent\, Brant \Brant\, a. [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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Brent \Brent\, imp. & p. p. of {Bren}. Burnt. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bren \Bren\, Brenne \Bren"ne\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Brent} ([?]); p. pr. & vb. n. {Brenning}.] [See {Burn}.] To burn. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Consuming fire brent his shearing house or stall. --W. Browne.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Brent \Brent\, n. [Cf. {Brant}.] A brant. See {Brant}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Brant \Brant\ (br[acr]nt), n. [Cf.{Brand goose}, {Brent}, {Brenicle}.] (Zo[94]l.) A species of wild goose ({Branta bernicla}) -- called also {brent} and {brand goose}. The name is also applied to other related species.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Brent, AL (city, FIPS 9136) Location: 32.94227 N, 87.17622 W Population (1990): 2776 (1103 housing units) Area: 21.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 35034 Brent, FL (CDP, FIPS 8300) Location: 30.47377 N, 87.25174 W Population (1990): 21624 (7838 housing units) Area: 27.2 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)