What is "brands"

Usage examples of "brands".

I always prided myself on possessing a good eye for brands, but he outclassed me, reading strange brands at over a hundred yards, and distinguishing cattle from horse stock at a distance of three miles.

These were the only mixed brands that came in on the delivery, and after they had been culled down and accepted, my employer appointed Aaron Scales as clerk.

There were some five or six owners, and Scales must catch the brands as they were freed from the branding chute.

The young calves scampered out of our way, but their sedate mothers permitted us to ride near enough to read the brands as we met and passed.

Having nothing to conceal, he had showed his list of outside brands killed, which was perfectly satisfactory in most instances.

One forenoon, when the baling was nearly finished, a delegation of men, representing brands of the Frio and San Miguel, rode up to our hide yard.

The boys have kept a list of all stray brands killed, and you can look them over and see how many of yours we got.

Uncle Lance asked our foreman for his list of outside brands, explaining that these men wished to look them over.

During our ride up the river before darkness fell, we passed a strange medley of brands, many of which Deweese assured me were owned from fifty to a hundred miles to the north and west.

Beyond this, there exists on Gor a variety of brands for women, though the Kajira brand, which Eta wore, is by far the most common.

Some merchants invent brands, as the dina was invented, in order to freshen the nature of their merchandise and stimulate sales.

Collectors, for example, those who are rich, sometimes collect exotic brands, much as collectors on Earth might collect stamps or coins, populating their pleasure gardens not only with girls who are beautiful but diversely marked.

On my thigh I wore one of the most beautiful brands, the dina, the slave flower.

The Dina brand is one of the more frequently found of the specialized brands on Gor.

Cunningly we twisted netting about us, from our throats to our brands, high upon our thighs.