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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  browned \browned\ adj.
     having a tan color from exposure to the sun; -- of skin
     color.
  
     Syn: suntanned, tanned.
          [WordNet 1.5]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Brown \Brown\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Browned}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Browning}.]
     1. To make brown or dusky.
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              A trembling twilight o'er welkin moves,
              Browns the dim void and darkens deep the groves.
                                                    --Barlow.
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     2. To make brown by scorching slightly; as, to brown meat or
        flour.
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     3. To give a bright brown color to, as to gun barrels, by
        forming a thin coat of oxide on their surface. --Ure.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  browned
       adj : (of skin) having a tan color from exposure to the sun; "a
             young bronzed Apollo" [syn: {bronzed}, {suntanned}, {tanned}]

















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