Noah Webster
Brown
BROWN, adjective Dusky; of a dark or dusky color, inclining to redness; but the shades are various, as Spanish brown London brown clove brown tawny brown brown results from a mixture of red, black and yellow.
BROWN, verb transitive To make brown or dusky.
A trembling twilight o'er the welkin moves,
BROWNs the dim void, and darkens deep the groves.
BROWN'-BILL, noun [brown and bill.] A weapon formerly used by the English foot soldiers. The origin of the name is not stated; but from it brown musket is said to have derived its appellation.