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† ˈbranˌdiron Obs. exc. dial.
Also 4 brandhirne, 5–6 -eyrne, -erne, -yren, 6 brond-; other forms under brander n.2
[f. brand + iron.]
1. A kitchen utensil, commonly a gridiron, but the name is transferred to other articles, as andirons (still dial. in Kent), a stand for a kettle, a trivet. See the synonymous brander n.2, brandise; also brandreth.
1381Eng. Gilds 233 Seven dozens of ‘vesselles du peutre’; a ‘brandhirne’. 1411Inv. in Turner Dom. Archit. III. iv. 153, j brandeyrne. 1424E.E. Wills (1882) 56 A peyre rakkes of yryne, and to brandernes. 1552Huloet, Brond⁓yron, or Andyron. 1580Baret Alv. B 1126 A Brandiron or posnet, chytra. 1596Wills & Inv. N.C. II. 271, j brande⁓iron, that the kettle standes on. 1730Davies in Phil. Trans. XXXVI. 445 The Brand-Irons and Legs thereof were strained. 1886R. Jefferies in Pall Mall Budget 2 Dec. 9/1 What are usually called dog-irons on the hearth are called brand-irons, having to support the brand or burning log.
¶2. Taken by Spenser, and by Quarles after him, in the sense of: A sword [= brand n. 8].
1596Spenser F.Q. iv. iv. 32 And with his brondiron round about him layd. 1621Quarles Argalus & P. (1678) 100 [He] Vnsheath'd his furious Brand-iron. Ibid. (1708) 122 The stout Amphialus..Up heav'd his thirsty brandiron.
†3. brand-iron-wise, in the shape of a gridiron.
1555Eden Decades W. Ind. (Arb.) 381 Southeast..is thre trees lyke a brandierwyse. |