| Brush (brush) |
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| Brush |
| [OE. brusche, OF.
broche, broce, brosse, brushwood, F. brosse
brush, LL. brustia, bruscia, fr. OHG. brusta,
brust, bristle, G. borste bristle, bürste brush.
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An instrument composed of bristles, or other like
material, set in a suitable back or handle, as of wood, bone, or ivory, and
used for various purposes, as in removing dust from clothes, laying on
colors, etc. Brushes have different shapes and names according to
their use; as, clothes brush, paint brush, tooth
brush, etc.
The bushy tail of a fox.
A tuft of hair on the
mandibles.
Branches of trees lopped off;
brushwood.
A thicket of shrubs or small trees; the shrubs
and small trees in a wood; underbrush.
A bundle of flexible wires or
thin plates of metal, used to conduct an electrical current to or from the
commutator of a dynamo, electric motor, or similar apparatus.
The act of brushing; as, to give one's clothes a
brush; a rubbing or grazing with a quick motion; a light touch; as,
we got a brush from the wheel as it passed.
A skirmish; a slight encounter; a shock or
collision; as, to have a brush with an enemy.
A short contest, or trial, of speed.
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To apply a brush to,
according to its particular use; to rub, smooth, clean, paint, etc., with a
brush.
To touch in passing, or to pass lightly over, as
with a brush.
To remove or gather by brushing, or by an act
like that of brushing, or by passing lightly over, as wind; -- commonly
with off.
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To move nimbly in haste; to
move so lightly as scarcely to be perceived; as, to brush
by.
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In Australia, a dense
growth of vegetation in good soil, including shrubs and trees, mostly
small.
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