meaning of brandon

1. A burning piece of wood; or a stick or piece of wood partly burnt, whether burning or after the fire is extinct.
2.
A sword, so called from its glittering or flashing brightness.
3.
A mark made by burning with a hot iron, as upon a cask, to designate the quality, manufacturer, etc. , of the contents, or upon an animal, to designate ownership; -- also, a mark for a similar purpose made in any other way, as with a stencil. Hence, figurately: Quality; kind; grade; as, a good brand of flour.
4.
A mark put upon criminals with a hot iron. Hence: Any mark of infamy or vice; a stigma.
5.
An instrument to brand with; a branding iron.
6.
Any minute fungus which produces a burnt appearance in plants. The brands are of many species and several genera of the order Pucciniaei.
7.
To burn a distinctive mark into or upon with a hot iron, to indicate quality, ownership, etc. , or to mark as infamous (as a convict).
8.
To put an actual distinctive mark upon in any other way, as with a stencil, to show quality of contents, name of manufacture, etc.
9.
Fig. : To fix a mark of infamy, or a stigma, upon.
10.
To mark or impress indelibly, as with a hot iron.
11.
A branding iron.
12.
A trivet to set a pot on.
13.
The horizontal bar of an andiron.
14.
A species of wild goose (Branta bernicla) usually called in America brant. See Brant.
15.
One of several spores growing in a series or chain, and produced by one of the fungi called brand.


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