Definition of bruise

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Bruise (v. t.) To break; as in a mortar; to bray, as minerals, roots, etc.; to crush..

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Hurt :: Hurt (v. t.) To cause physical pain to; to do bodily harm to; to wound or bruise painfully.
Surcease :: Surbet (a.) Surbated; bruised.
Contusion :: Contusion (n.) The act or process of beating, bruising, or pounding; the state of being beaten or bruised..
Badiaga :: Badiaga (n.) A fresh-water sponge (Spongilla), common in the north of Europe, the powder of which is used to take away the livid marks of bruises..
Trash :: Trash (n.) Especially, loppings and leaves of trees, bruised sugar cane, or the like..
Scruze :: Scruze (v. t.) To squeeze, compress, crush, or bruise..
Soapwort :: Soapwort (n.) A common plant (Saponaria officinalis) of the Pink family; -- so called because its bruised leaves, when agitated in water, produce a lather like that from soap. Called also Bouncing Bet..
Tan :: Tan (n.) The bark of the oak, and some other trees, bruised and broken by a mill, for tanning hides; -- so called both before and after it has been used. Called also tan bark..
Debruised :: Debruised (a.) Surmounted by an ordinary; as, a lion is debruised when a bend or other ordinary is placed over it, as in the cut..
Kibble :: Kibble (v. t.) To bruise; to grind coarsely; as, kibbled oats..
Bruised :: Bruised (imp. & p. p.) of Bruis.
Jam :: "Jam (v. t.) To crush or bruise; as, to jam a finger in the crack of a door..
Lave :: Lave (v. t.) To wash; to bathe; as, to lave a bruise..
Brake :: Brake (v. t.) An instrument or machine to break or bruise the woody part of flax or hemp so that it may be separated from the fiber.
Tread :: Tread (n.) A bruise or abrasion produced on the foot or ankle of a horse that interferes. See Interfere, 3..
Capellet :: Capellet (n.) A swelling, like a wen, on the point of the elbow (or the heel of the hock) of a horse, caused probably by bruises in lying down..
Bemaul :: Bemaul (v. t.) To maul or beat severely; to bruise.
Batter :: Batter (v. t.) To beat with successive blows; to beat repeatedly and with violence, so as to bruise, shatter, or demolish; as, to batter a wall or rampart..
Contusion :: Contusion (n.) A bruise; an injury attended with more or less disorganization of the subcutaneous tissue and effusion of blood beneath the skin, but without apparent wound..
Bruisewort :: Bruisewort (n.) A plant supposed to heal bruises, as the true daisy, the soapwort, and the comfrey..
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