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brankEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
Compare Scottish Gaelic brangus, brangas (“a sort of pillory”), Irish brancas (“halter”), or Dutch pranger (“fetter”).
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Probably of Celtic origin; compare Latin brance, brace, the Gallic name of a particularly white kind of corn.
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Chambers (1908)
1908- BrankEnglish · e-37683-3378
Brank, brangk, n. buckwheat. [Prob. Celt.; cf. L. brance, a Gallic name of a white kind of corn.]
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Brank, brangk, v.i. to prance, toss the head: to strut or swagger.—adj. Brank′y (Scot.), showy. [Prob. a variant of Prank.]
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