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Brent-goose (A)

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Properly a brant-goose, the branta bernicla, a brownishgrey goose of the genus branta.

“For the people of the village

Saw the flock of brant with wonder.”


Longfellow: Hiawatha, part xvi. stanza 32.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Breath
Breathe
Brèche de Roland
Breeches
Breeches Bible
Breeze
Breeze
Breidablik [wide-shining]
Brennus
Brent
Brent-goose (A)
Brent-hill
Brentford
Bressommer
Bretwalda (ruler of Britain)
Brevet Rank
Breviary
Brew
Brewer
Briareos or Ægeon
Briar-root Pipe