Brand

n.	1.	A burning piece of wood; or a stick or piece of wood partly burnt, whether burning or after the fire is extinct. Snatching a live brand from a wigwam, Mason threw it on a matted roof. - Palfrey.
	2.	A sword, so called from its glittering or flashing brightness. Paradise, so late their happy seat, Waved over by that flaming brand. - Milton.
	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. The brand of private vice. - Channing.
	5.	An instrument to brand with; a branding iron.
	6.	(Bot.) Any minute fungus which produces a burnt appearance in plants. The brands are of many species and several genera of the order Pucciniæi.
v. t.	1.	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). [imp. & p. p. Branded; p. pr. & vb. n. Branding.]
	2.	To put an actual distinctive mark upon in any other way, as with a stencil, to show quality of contents, name of manufacture, etc.
	3.	Fig.: To fix a mark of infamy, or a stigma, upon. The Inquisition branded its victims with infamy. - Prescott. There were the enormities, branded and condemned by the first and most natural verdict of common humanity. - South.
	4.	To mark or impress indelibly, as with a hot iron. As if it were branded on my mind. - Geo. Eliot.

Noun	1.	brand - a name given to a product or service Synonyms: brand name, marque, trade name
	2.	brand - a recognizable kind; "there's a new brand of hero in the movies now"; "what make of car is that?" Synonyms: make
	3.	brand - identification mark on skin, made by burning
	4.	brand - a piece of wood that has been burned or is burning Synonyms: firebrand
	5.	brand - a symbol of disgrace or infamy; "And the Lord set a mark upon Cain"--Genesis Synonyms: stigma, stain, mark
	6.	brand - a cutting or thrusting weapon with a long blade Synonyms: sword, steel, blade
Verb	1.	brand - burn with a branding iron to indicate ownership; of animals
	2.	brand - to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful; "He denounced the government action"; "She was stigmatized by society because she had a child out of wedlock" Synonyms: stigmatise, stigmatize, denounce, mark
	3.	brand - mark or expose as infamous; "She was branded a loose woman" Synonyms: post

TO BRAND. An ancient mode of punishment, which was to inflict a mark on an offender with a hot iron. This barbarous punishment has been generally disused.

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