branny
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of branny
Example Sentences
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The inner skin or branny parts of wheat contain a moisty quality, which is opening and cleansing, while the fine floury parts afford more nourishment.
From The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families by Mary Eaton
The skin is rough with white branny scales, which are full of chinks; often moist beneath, and itching.
From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Erasmus Darwin
We have already seen that the more branny portions of the grain also contain a much larger percentage of mineral matter.
From Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value by Harry Snyder
At another time 1 1/2 grains of the drug gave rise to herpetic vesicles on the cheeks, followed by branny desquamation on elimination of the drug.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
As the fading proceeds, the spots drop off in the form of little branny scales, which are sometimes, from their minuteness, scarcely perceptible.
From The Maternal Management of Children, in Health and Disease by Thomas Bull
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