Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Browse \Browse\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Browsed} (brouzd); p. pr.
   & vb. n. {Browsing}.] [For broust, OF. brouster, bruster, F.
   brouter. See {Browse}, n., and cf. {Brut}.]
   1. To eat or nibble off, as the tender branches of trees,
      shrubs, etc.; -- said of cattle, sheep, deer, and some
      other animals.

            Yes, like the stag, when snow the plasture sheets,
            The barks of trees thou browsedst.    --Shak.

   2. To feed on, as pasture; to pasture on; to graze.

            Fields . . . browsed by deep-uddered kine.
                                                  --Tennyson.