What is to hold up and toss the head; -- applied to horses as spurning the bit. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.] called?
brank — To hold up and toss the head; -- applied to horses as spurning the bit. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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