Brank n. Buckwheat. [Local, Eng.]
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Brank, Branks, n.
1. A sort of bridle with wooden side pieces. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
2. A scolding bridle, an instrument formerly used for correcting scolding women. It was an iron frame surrounding the head and having a triangular piece entering the mouth of the scold.
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Brank, v. i.
1. To hold up and toss the head; -- applied to horses as spurning the bit. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
2. To prance; to caper. [Scot.]
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