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brinded
/ˈbɹɪndɪd/
adj 2name 1
Collocations
1BRINDED + NOUN
cat, cow, hath, mew'd, rose-moles
Definitions
adj
1
Especially of the fur or skin of animals: having a patchy or streaky pattern, usually brown or grey in colour; brindled.
Thrice the brinded Cat hath mew'd.
It is well known that the only wool susceptible of acquiring delicate and brilliant colours by the process of dyeing, is white wool: for this reason the Cachemirians separate all those lambs which are black or brinded.
2
Frowning, looking sour or angry.
Lawks, doant be clummed by Babbin Enapp, 'Sa bibbling, boostering, brinded chap, A dinderhead hadge-boar!
name
1
A surname.
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Thrice the brinded Cat hath mew'd.
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It is well known that the only wool susceptible of acquiring delicate and brilliant colours by the process of dyeing, is white wool: for this reason the Cachemirians separate all those lambs which are
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Glory be to God for dappled things— / For skies of couple-colour as a brinded cow; / For rose-moles all in stipple upon trout that swim: […]
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Thrice the brinded cat hath mew'd. Thrice and once the hedge-pig whined. Harpier cries "'Tis time, 'tis time".
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