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(n): a color that has hue

(n): Scottish botanist who first observed the movement of small particles in fluids now known a Brownian motion (1773-1858)

(n): a biologist specializing in the study of plants

(n): abolitionist who was hanged after leading an unsuccessful raid at Harper's Ferry, Virginia (1800-1859)

(n): a reformer who favors abolishing slavery

(n): a university in Rhode Island

(n): establishment where a seat of higher learning is housed, including administrative and living quarters as well as facilities for research and teaching

(v): fry in a pan until it changes color

(v): transform and make suitable for consumption by heating

(v): make brown in color

(v): add color to

(adj): of a color similar to that of wood or earth

(adj): vs. achromatic) -- (being or having or characterized by hue

(adj): (of skin) deeply suntanned

(adj): vs. blond), brunette -- (marked by dark or relatively dark pigmentation of hair or skin or eyes

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about 1 year ago chained_bear said:

Noun (uncommon): beer/stout.
Usage: "I played the pump and took the hump and watered whiskey down/I talked of whores and horses to the men who drank the brown." -- "Sally MacLennane," the Pogues, lyrics c. 1985 Shane Macgowan

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