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adj
Especially of the fur or skin of animals: having a patchy or streaky pattern, usually brown or grey in colour; brindled.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, dialectal
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Synonyms: mottled, tabby
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Frowning, looking sour or angry.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dialectal
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Synonyms: none provided
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name
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adjective satellite
having a grey or brown streak or a pattern or a patchy coloring; used especially of the patterned fur of cats
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: brindled, brindle, tabby
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Middle English brended (“burnt, branded”), from bren (“burned, branded”), from the past participle of brennen (“to burn”), from Old English bærnan (“to burn”). Also compare Old Norse brǫndóttr, Icelandic bröndóttr (“brindled”).
