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Brawn, Bran(e, n. Also: brawyne, brawin, brawne, braun(e, brayne. [ME. brawne, braune (14th c.), OF. braon, braoun.]

1. A fleshy part of the body; a rounded muscle of the arm or leg.(a) ?1438 Alex. ii. 4519.
Of handis and heidis, baith braune and blude, He maid ane lardnare quhare he stude c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace v. 254.
Wallas … throw thé and brawn in sondyr straik the bayne c1475 Ib. vii. 348.
In thair brawnys sone slaid the sleuthfull sleip a1500 Henr. III. 114/20.
Waldyne I am … With brawne [B. bran; M. brane] as bair, with brest burle & braid 1513 Doug. v. vii. 73.
Erix was wont … In that hard bellan hys brawnys to enbrace 1513 Ib. 108.
Hys lymmys squair, Baith byg bonys and brawnys 1535 Stewart 217.
Big in the brawnis 1535 Ib. 48362.
Bayth breist and brawin 1535 Ib. 60354.
Throw bane and brane 1538 Lynd. Justing 33.
Thocht thy braunis be lyk twa barrow trammis a1568 Bannatyne MS 138 b/45.
Quhill branys [M. brawnis] ar big a1568 Ib. 139 a/70.
The brawin [M. brayne] away doun muntis a1570-86 Maitland Folio MS lxxvii. 1.
Brissit brawnis and brokin banis

2. Brawn as an article of food.Also, in early use, a boar for the table.(1) 1384 Exchequer Rolls III. 108.
Computat de iiij brawyne et ix porcis(2) a1500 Taill of Rauf Coilȝear 185.
Thay brocht breid to the buird, and braun of ane bair c1550 Lynd. Meldrum 887.
With nobill confeittis, bran and geill c1550 Ib. 1563.
Of bran and geill thair wes na skant 1512 Rentale Dunkeld. MS. 116.
In empcione pedum bouum & onium ad conficiend. lie brane & geil 1597 Misc. Spald. C. I. 128.
The said Agnes Woobster brocht ane dische off develische potage, alleging it to be bram [sic] and geill 1626 Black Bk. Taymouth 316.
Off wyld geis, xii; off brane, xii meis