Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, 11th Edition
BROWSE
I. verb (browsed; browsing)
Etymology: Middle English brouusen, probably from Anglo-French brouts
Date: 15th century
transitive verb
1. to consume as browse, graze , to look over casually ; skim , to access (a network) by means of a browser, intransitive verb
1. to feed on or as if on browse, graze ,
2. to skim through a book reading passages that catch the eye, to look over or through an aggregate of things casually especially in search of something of interest, browsable adjective
II. noun see: breast
Date: 1523
tender shoots, twigs, and leaves of trees and shrubs used by animals for food, an act or instance of browsing