branny

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As the rash subsides the skin is left rough, and by degrees scales off, often in large flakes from the hands and feet, but elsewhere in a sort of branny scales.

From The Mother's Manual of Children's Diseases by West, Charles

The wheat berry being broken up and triturated in one operation, the flour necessarily contained a large proportion of branny particles in which cerealin, an active diastasic constituent, was present in very sensible proportions.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" by Various

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 Duncan, A. W.

"Jack," she said one night, "go over in the morning to the fair to sell the branny cow."

From Stories to Read or Tell from Fairy Tales and Folklore by Budell, Ada

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 Darwin, Erasmus