Brinded
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈbɹɪndɪd/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Brinded is an adjective meaning (dialect) Frowning, looking sour or angry.
Meaning
(dialect) Frowning, looking sour or angry.
More Meanings
- (archaic, dialect) Especially of the fur or skin of animals: having a patchy or streaky pattern, usually brown or grey in colour; brindled.
Example Sentences
Thrice the brinded Cat hath mew'd.
Lawks, doant be clummed by Babbin Enapp, 'Sa bibbling, boostering, brinded chap, A dinderhead hadge-boar!
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: […]
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.
Synonyms for brinded
Depending on context, synonyms include mottled, tabby, brindle, brindled, patterned.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include brindled, brindle, tabby, patterned, shit-brindle, bridled.
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