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ˈnut-brown, a. (and n.)
[f. nut n.1 Cf. Sw. nötbrun, Da. nöddebrun, G. nussbraun.]
1. Of the colour of a ripe hazel-nut; brown as a nut; of a warm reddish-brown colour.
a. Of hair or complexion, or of animals.
a1300Cursor M. 18846 Berd and hefd of a heu ware, Nute brun als i tald yow are. 1575Gascoigne Herbes Wks. (Grosart) I. 356 A louely nutbrowne face is best of all. 1723Lond. Gaz. No. 6154/4 One Nut-brown Mare. 1823Byron Island ii. vii, The sun-born blood..threw O'er her clear nut⁓brown skin a lucid hue. 1823― Juan xiii. lxxv, Ah, nut⁓brown partridges! a1855C. Brontë Professor ix, Her hair was nut-brown.
b. Of girls, in respect of complexion.
a1500Nutbrowne Maide viii. in Arnolde's Chron. (1502) fol. 75 b, Shal neuer be sayd the Nutbrowne mayd was to her loue vnkind. 1579Lyly Euphues (Arb.) 115 If she be well sette, then call hir a Bosse,..if Nut broune, as blacke as a coale. 1611Cotgr., s.v. Fille, The nut-browne lasse for mirth and neatnesse doth surpasse. 1637Massinger Guardian i. i, My tenants' nut-brown daughters, wholesome girls. 1728Pope Dunc. ii. 337 Shown him by the Nut-brown maids, A branch of Styx here rises from the Shades. 1820Scott Monast. xv, The attention which was paid to every word that he uttered by the nut-brown Mysie. 1895Daily News 20 Mar. 7/1 For the nut-brown maids, who strike the happy medium between dark and fair, there is a large choice of gentle tints.
absol.1800E. Hervey Mourtray Fam. I. 228 Well, and what of that, my pretty nut-brown?
c. Of things, esp. ale.
1586A. Day Eng. Secretary i. (1625) 110 The nut-broun Colour of Seller-Ale in a frosty morning. 1608Dekker Belman of Lond. Wks. (Grosart) III. 78 Nut-browne round trenchers lay in good order. a1668Davenant News fr. Plimouth iii. i, Good Nutbrowne-Ale and Tost. 1770Goldsm. Des. Vill. 221 Low lies that house where nut⁓brown draughts inspir'd.
†d. Of a sword. (Cf. brown a. 4.) Obs.
16..Robin Hood and Beggar in Child Ballads III. 157/1 The beggar he had a mickle long staffe, And Robin had a nut-brown sword. 1674Butler Hud. i. ii. 797 When his nut-brown sword was out, Courageously he laid about.
†e. fig. Rustic. Obs. rare—1.
1648Herrick Hesp., Sweet Country Life 60 Thy Nut⁓browne mirth, thy Russet wit.
2. absol. as n.
a. Ale. (Cf. 1 c.)
1828Scott F.M. Perth ii, Thou shalt have a cup of the nut-brown for thyself, my boy. 1867Brierley Marlocks 121, I began to have doubts whether the parson would have cared to leave the ‘nut-brown’.
b. A brown colour like that of nuts.
1883Harper's Mag. Apr. 772 Her hair was of a soft nut⁓brown. 1896Daily News 12 Sept. 6/2 Deep nutbrowns and the red of the robin's breast are skilfully combined. |