Brawn (M.E., 'muscle,' 'boar's flesh,'; akin to Ger. braten, 'to roast'), a preparation of meat made from pig's head and ox-feet, cut up, boiled, pickled, and prepared into a shape. The brawn of Wiltshire is celebrated, and it is also a famous dish in Canterbury.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 2: Beaugency to Cataract, p. 404
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