Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Bran

Bran ({not transcribed}) , noun

[Old English bren, bran, Old French bren, French bran, from Celtic; compare Armor. brenn, Ir. bran, bran, chaff.]

1.
The broken coat of the seed of wheat, rye, or other cereal grain, separated from the flour or meal by sifting or bolting; the coarse, chaffy part of ground grain.
2.
(Zoology) The European carrion crow.