branny
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Coarsely ground, sharp branny particles in bread irritate the intestines, and cause excessive waste of nutriment; but finely ground wheatmeal is free from this objection, and is beneficial in preventing constipation.
From The Chemistry of Food and Nutrition by A. W. Duncan
Red and brown are tints only found in flours of low grade, because they are sure proofs of an undue proportion of branny or fibrous particles.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various
During the South African War of 1899-1902 the British army supply department had a practical proof of the diastasic action of branny particles in flour.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" by Various
Herpes consists of gregarious spreading excoriations, which are succeeded by branny scales or scabs.
From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Erasmus Darwin
At another time 1 1/2 grains of the drug gave rise to herpetic vesicles on the cheeks, followed by branny desquamation on elimination of the drug.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
