bran

noun

hard outer layers of cereal grain

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈbɹæn/

name

Etymology: English surname, variant of Brann.

A surname.

noun

Etymology: From a Celtic source; compare Welsh brân and Cornish bran.

The European carrion crow.

verb

Etymology: From Middle English bran, branne, bren, from Old French bren, bran (“bran, filth”), from Gaulish brennos (“rotten”), from Proto-Celtic *bragnos (“rotten, foul”) (compare Welsh braen (“stench”), Irish bréan (“rancid”), Walloon brin (“excrement”)), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreHg- (compare Latin fragrāre (“to smell strongly”), Dutch brak (“hound”)).

To clean (metal) using a branner.