browning

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)The act or operation of giving a brown colour, as to gun barrels, cooked food, etc.
2. (countable, uncountable)Any of various preparations used to impart a brown colour to gravy, leather, etc.
3. (countable, uncountable)A smooth coat of brown mortar, usually the second coat, and the preparation for the finishing coat of plaster.
4. (Jamaica, countable)A brown-skinned person.

   “One or two white gyal / Three or four lighties / Five or six darkies / Seven or eight brownings”

5. Fabrique Nationale FN Model 1910 Browning and its derivatives; a European handgun; a small, semi-automatic pistol.
6. Synonym of BAR (“Browning automatic rifle”), a light machine gun

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of brown

name

1. (countable, uncountable)A surname from Old English.
2. (countable, uncountable)A person of that surname.

   “Robert Browning, a poet.”

   “John Browning, a firearms designer.”

3. (countable, uncountable)A male given name transferred from the surname, of rare usage
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