brand

n.

1. A trademark

   brand name, make, seal, mark; see kind 2, label, name 1, trademark.

2. A mark indicating ownership

   stigma, scar, sear, welt, cauterization, range brand, mark of the branding iron, earmark, wattle, owner's sign, owner's mark, heraldry of the range*, the rancher's coat of arms*; see also mark 1.

   Common branding terms include: circle, bar, cross, rocking, lazy, tumbling, swinging, flying, double; letters: A, J, X, etc.; numbers: 0, 1, 2, 3, etc.

3. Types of brands include: fast, slow, dewlap, overslope, underslope, crop, half crop, upperbit, underbit, jingle-bob, wattle, earmark.

4. A burning stick

   ember, live coal, spark, torch; see embers.

brand

v.