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Bruin

noun

A conventional name for a bear used in tales following usage in the old epic 'Reynard the Fox'.

Large ferocious bear of Eurasia. Synonyms: brown bear, Ursus arctos.

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"Bruin" Quotes from Famous Books

... so confident that, should a grizzly scent me out, he might not poke in his nose. Still I could trust to Him who had hitherto protected me. I had my knife and my long stick, and, at all events, I might give Master Bruin an unpleasant scratch on the snout, should he ...

— In the Rocky Mountains - A Tale of Adventure • W. H. G. Kingston

... a question whether I should remain and finish off Bruin or hurry my companions homeward at a fast trot. I decided to ...

— Brave and True - Short stories for children by G. M. Fenn and Others • George Manville Fenn

... was a surprise to bruin and he stopped short. Then he caught up the string of fish, turned swiftly but clumsily, and lumbered off in the direction of ...

— Guns And Snowshoes • Captain Ralph Bonehill

... "Old Bruin's wound smarteth him sore," Gascoyne observed, as the two lads walked across the armory court. He had good-naturedly offered to show the new-comer the many sights of interest around the castle, and in the hour or so of ramble that followed, the two grew from acquaintances to friends with ...

— Men of Iron • Ernie Howard Pyle

... once upon a time Reynard the Fox and Bruin the Bear went into partnership and kept house together. Would you like to know the reason? Well, Reynard knew that Bruin had a beehive full of honeycomb, and that was what he wanted; but Bruin kept so close a guard upon his honey that Master Reynard didn't know how to get away from him ...

— Europa's Fairy Book • Joseph Jacobs

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