Browning Definition & Meaning

browning
noun
  1. United States inventor of firearms (especially automatic pistols and repeating rifles and a machine gun called the Peacemaker) (1855-1926)
  2. English poet and husband of Elizabeth Barrett Browning noted for his dramatic monologues (1812-1889)
  3. English poet best remembered for love sonnets written to her husband Robert Browning (1806-1861)
  4. cooking to a brown crispiness over a fire or on a grill; "proper toasting should brown both sides of a piece of bread"

"Browning" in song lyrics

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  • "how to keep head lettuce from browning"
    AOL — AOL
  • "keeping lettuce from browning"
    AOL — AOL
  • "elizabeth browning"
    AOL — AOL

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