brown

Roget category 433

3. Words relating to matter
› 3.3. Organic matter
›› 3.3.2. Sensation

#433. Brown

noun

brown etc. adj.. [Pigments],, bister ocher, sepia, Vandyke brown.

verb

render brown etc. adj. — tan, embrown^†, bronze.

adjective

brown, bay, dapple, auburn, castaneous^†, chestnut, nut-brown, cinnamon, russet, tawny, fuscous^†, chocolate, maroon, foxy, tan, brunette, whitey brown^† — fawn-colored, snuff-colored, liver-colored — brown as a berry, brown as mahogany, brown as the oak leaves — khaki.
sun-burnt — tanned etc. v..

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