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transitive. To boil (fabric) in bran-water in order to remove dye. Cf. bran, v., bran-boil n. at bran, n.1 compounds 2.
transitive. To remove from a fabric, article, etc., (the dye or colour with which it has been charged); to cause (a colour) to disappear. Also: to…
transitive. To wash (colour) from (something). rare.
Cloth-making. (See quot. 1904.)