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Definition of Imbrowned
1. imbrown [v] - See also: imbrown
Lexicographical Neighbors of Imbrowned
Literary usage of Imbrowned
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Curiosities of Literature by Isaac Disraeli (1823)
"It has been observed by Thyer, that Milton borrowed the expression imbrowned,
and Brown, which he applies to the evening shade, from the Italian. ..."
2. Curiosities of Literature by Isaac Disraeli (1858)
"It has been observed by Thyer, that Milton borrowed the expression imbrowned and
brown, which he applies to the evening shade, from the Italian. ..."
3. The Writings of Henry David Thoreau by Henry David Thoreau (1906)
"... heart-leaf flowers, etc.; on the other the Salix Purshiana, full-foliaged,
but apparently already slightly crisped and imbrowned or yellowed with heat, ..."
4. Fourth Reader: For Common Schools and Academies by Henry Mandeville (1856)
"He was imbrowned with labor; his clothes from head to foot, were a tissue of
darns and 17 patches. " My wife looks worse than I do. ..."
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