• (v. i.) To prance; to caper. • (n.) Buckwheat. • (n.) Alt. of Branks • (v. i.) To hold up and toss the head; -- applied to horses as spurning the bit. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/brank/
Brank intransitive verb 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. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/92
Brank noun [ Prov. of Celtic origin; confer Latin brance , brace , the Gallic name of a particularly white kind of corn.] Buckwheat. [ Local, Eng.] Halliwell. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/92