Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) The broken coat of the seed of wheat, rye, or other cereal grain, separated from the flour or meal by sifting or bolting; the coarse, chaffy part of ground grain. 2. (n.) The European carrion crow. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia BRAN (ta pitura): The women of Babylon are described as burning "bran for incense" in their unchaste idolatrous worship (Baruch 6:43). CITY OF DAVID See ZION. CITY OF SALT See SALT, CITY OF. CITY OF WATERS See RABBAH. CITY, GOLDEN See GOLDEN CITY.