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Definition of brank:

(n) : (usually in the plural) A metal bridle formerly used as a torture device to hold the head of a scold and restrain the tongue.
(v) : To put someone in the branks.
(v) : (UK, Scotland, dialect) To hold up and toss the head; applied to horses as spurning the bit.
(v) : (Scotland) To prance; to caper.
(n) : (UK, dialect) Buckwheat.
(n) : (obsolete, UK, Scotland, dialect, usually in the plural) A sort of bridle with wooden side pieces.

Definition of brank:

(n) : (usually in the plural) A metal bridle formerly used as a torture device to hold the head of a scold and restrain the tongue.
(v) : To put someone in the branks.
(v) : (UK, Scotland, dialect) To hold up and toss the head; applied to horses as spurning the bit.
(v) : (Scotland) To prance; to caper.
(n) : (UK, dialect) Buckwheat.
(n) : (obsolete, UK, Scotland, dialect, usually in the plural) A sort of bridle with wooden side pieces.

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