'Braining' definitions:

Definition of 'Braining'

From: GCIDE
  • Brain \Brain\ (br[=a]n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Brained (br[=a]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Braining.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. To dash out the brains of; to kill by beating out the brains. Hence, Fig.: To destroy; to put an end to; to defeat. [1913 Webster]
  • There thou mayst brain him. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • It was the swift celerity of the death . . . That brained my purpose. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To conceive; to understand. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • 'T is still a dream, or else such stuff as madmen Tongue, and brain not. --Shak. [1913 Webster]