SC - Brawn Question

[James Prescott]

At 01:56 -0800 2001-01-31, rbutler_gg wrote:

> Brawn is best from the holy Rood day til Lent, and at no
> other time commonlie used for service.

The OED offers two animal-specific meanings, and notes that they
are exclusively English usages:

3. The flesh of the boar.  <citations from 1377 to 1828>

4. A boar (or swine) as fattened for the table.  <citations from
   1400 to 1807>


Holy Rood Day = September 14.


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All my best,
Thorvald Grimsson / James Prescott <prescotj at telusplanet.net> (PGP user)