Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Bruin \Bru"in\, n. [D. bruin brown. In the epic poem of
   ``Reynard the Fox'' the bear is so called from his color. See
   {Brown}, a.]
   A bear; -- so called in popular tales and fables.

Source : WordNet®

bruin
     n 1: a conventional name for a bear used in tales following usage
          in the old epic `Reynard the Fox'
     2: large ferocious bear of Eurasia [syn: {brown bear}, {Ursus
        arctos}]

Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

BRUIN
     
        Brown University Interactive Language.
     
        A simple interactive language with {PL/I}-like {syntax}, for
        {IBM 360}.
     
        ["Meeting the Computational Requirements of the University,
        Brown University Interactive Language", R.G. Munck, Proc 24th
        ACM Conf, 1969].
     
        (1995-02-14)