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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Mall :: Mall (v. t.) To beat with a mall; to beat with something heavy; to bruise; to maul.
Contrite :: Contrite (a.) Thoroughly bruised or broken.
Tread :: Tread (n.) A bruise or abrasion produced on the foot or ankle of a horse that interferes. See Interfere, 3..
Amber Tree :: Amber tree () A species of Anthospermum, a shrub with evergreen leaves, which, when bruised, emit a fragrant odor..
Breach :: Breach (n.) A bruise; a wound.
Bemaul :: Bemaul (v. t.) To maul or beat severely; to bruise.
Kibble :: Kibble (v. t.) To bruise; to grind coarsely; as, kibbled oats..
Squat :: Squat (v. t.) To bruise or make flat by a fall.
Curry :: Curry (v. t.) To beat or bruise; to drub; -- said of persons.
Bruiser :: Bruiser (n.) A concave tool used in grinding lenses or the speculums of telescopes.
Bruise :: Bruise (v. t.) To injure, as by a blow or collision, without laceration; to contuse; as, to bruise one's finger with a hammer; to bruise the bark of a tree with a stone; to bruise an apple by letting it fall..
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..
Bruise :: Bruise (n.) An injury to the flesh of animals, or to plants, fruit, etc., with a blunt or heavy instrument, or by collision with some other body; a contusion; as, a bruise on the head; bruises on fruit..
Batter :: Batter (v. t.) A bruise on the face of a plate or of type in the form.
Maul :: Maul (v. t.) To beat and bruise with a heavy stick or cudgel; to wound in a coarse manner.
Jam :: "Jam (v. t.) To crush or bruise; as, to jam a finger in the crack of a door..
Surbate :: Surbate (v. t.) To make sore or bruise, as the feet by travel..
Suicidal :: Suggillation (n.) A livid, or black and blue, mark; a blow; a bruise..
Contuse :: Contuse (v. t.) To bruise; to injure or disorganize a part without breaking the skin.
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..
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