Brawn
Brawn ({not transcribed}) , noun
[Old French braon fleshy part, muscle, from HG. brāto flesh, German braten roast meat; akin to Icelandic br{not transcribed} flesh, food of beasts, Anglo-Saxon br{not transcribed}de roast meat, br{not transcribed}dan to roast, German braten, and possibly to English breed.]
1.
A muscle; flesh. [Obsolete]
Formed well of brawns and of bones.
2.
Full, strong muscles, esp. of the arm or leg, muscular strength; a protuberant muscular part of the body; sometimes, the arm.
Brawn without brains is thine.
It was ordained that murderers should be brent on the brawn of the left hand.
And in my vantbrace put this withered brawn.
3.
The flesh of a boar; also, the salted and prepared flesh of a boar.
The best age for the boar is from two to five years, at which time it is best to geld him, or sell him for brawn.
4.
A boar. [Obsolete] — Beau. & Fl