Of a dark or dusky color, inclining to redness or yellowness.to deceive him; take him in.n. A dark colorinclined to red or yellow. It may be obtained by mixing red, black, and yellow.n. A halfpenny. [English slang.]To become brown.To make brown or dusky.Specifically— To produce a brown color in by exposure to heat, as of meat, bread, etc., to that of a fire in roasting or toasting, or of the skin to that of the sun. To give a brown luster to (articles of iron, as gun-barrels, etc.), by applying certain preparations.n. A brown produced upon textile material with catechu. Also called cutch brown. See catechu.