Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Browning \Brown"ing\, n.
   1. The act or operation of giving a brown color, as to gun
      barrels, etc.

   2. (Masonry) A smooth coat of brown mortar, usually the
      second coat, and the preparation for the finishing coat of
      plaster.

Brown \Brown\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Browned}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Browning}.]
   1. To make brown or dusky.

            A trembling twilight o'er welkin moves, Browns the
            dim void and darkens deep the groves. --Barlow.

   2. To make brown by scorching slightly; as, to brown meat or
      flour.

   3. To give a bright brown color to, as to gun barrels, by
      forming a thin coat of oxide on their surface. --Ure.

Source : WordNet®

Browning
     n 1: United States inventor of firearms (especially automatic
          pistols and repeating rifles and a machine gun called
          the Peacemaker) (1855-1926) [syn: {John M. Browning}, {John
          Moses Browning}]
     2: English poet and husband of Elizabeth Barrett Browning noted
        for his dramatic monologues (1812-1889) [syn: {Robert
        Browning}]
     3: English poet best remembered for love sonnets written to her
        husband Robert Browning (1806-1861) [syn: {Elizabeth
        Barrett Browning}]
     4: cooking to a brown crispiness over a fire or on a grill;
        "proper toasting should brown both sides of a piece of
        bread" [syn: {toasting}]