Call White-breasted Bran and the surly strength of Luäth.--Ossian, _Fingal_, vi. BRAND (_Ethan_), an ex-lime burner in Nathaniel Hawthorne's story of the same name, who, fancying he has committed the Unpardonable Sin, commits suicide by leaping into the burning kiln. _Brand_ (_Sir Denys_), a county magnate, who apes humility. He rides a sorry brown nag "not worth £5," but mounts his groom on a race-horse "twice victor for a plate." BRAN´DAMOND of Damascus, whom sir Bevis of Southampton defeated. That dreadful battle where with Brandamond he fought. And with his sword and steed such earthly wonders wrought As e'en among his foes him admiration won. M. Drayton, _Polyolbion_, ii. (1612). BRAN'DAN (_Island of St_.) or ISLAND of SAN BORANDAN, a flying island, so late as 1755 set down in geographical charts west of the Canary group. In 1721 an expedition was sent by Spain in quest thereof. The Spaniards say their king Rodri'go has retreated there, and the Portuguese affirm that it is the retreat of their don Sebastian. It was called St. Brandan from a navigator of the sixth century, who went in search of the "Islands of Paradise." Its reality was for a long time a matter of firm belief ... the garden of Armi'da, where Rinaldo was detained, and which Tasso places in one of the Canary Isles, has been identified with San Borandan.--W. Irving. (If there is any truth at all in the legend, the island must be ascribed to the Fata Morgana.) BRAN'DEUM, plu. _Brandea_, a piece of cloth enclosed in a box with relics, which thus acquired the same miraculous powers as the relics themselves. Pope Leo proved this fact beyond a doubt, for when some Greeks ventured to question it, he cut a brandeum through with a pair of scissors, and it was instantly covered with blood.--J. Brady, _Clavis Calendaria_, 182. BRAN'DIMART, brother-in-law of Orlando, son of Monodantês, and husband of For'delis. This "king of the Distant Islands" was one of the bravest knights in Charlemagne's army, and was slain by Gradasso.--Bojardo, _Orlando Innamorata_ (1495); Ariosto, _Orlando Furioso_ (1516). BRAND, a term often applied to the sword in medaeval romances. Thou therefore take my brand Excalibur, Which was my pride-- Tennyson, _The Morte d'Arthur._ BRANGTONS (_The_), vulgar, jealous, malicious gossips in _Evelina_, a novel by Miss Burney (1778). BRANNO, an Irishman, father of Evirallin. Evirallin was the wife of Ossian and mother of Oscar.--Ossian. BRASS, the roguish confederate of Dick Amlet, and acting as his servant.