Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Brank \Brank\, v. i.
   1. To hold up and toss the head; -- applied to horses as
      spurning the bit. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]

   2. To prance; to caper. [Scot.] --Jamieson.

Brank \Brank\, n. [Prov. of Celtic origin; cf. L. brance, brace,
   the Gallic name of a particularly white kind of corn.]
   Buckwheat. [Local, Eng.] --Halliwell.

Brank \Brank\, Branks \Branks\, n. [Cf. Gael. brangus, brangas,
   a sort of pillory, Ir. brancas halter, or D. pranger fetter.]
   1. A sort of bridle with wooden side pieces. [Scot. & Prov.
      Eng.] --Jamieson.

   2. A scolding bridle, an instrument formerly used for
      correcting scolding women. It was an iron frame
      surrounding the head and having a triangular piece
      entering the mouth of the scold.