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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Triturate :: Triturate (v. t.) To rub, grind, bruise, or thrash..
Pepper :: Pepper (v. t.) Figuratively: To shower shot or other missiles, or blows, upon; to pelt; to fill with shot, or cover with bruises or wounds..
Surbate :: Surbate (v. t.) To make sore or bruise, as the feet by travel..
Squat :: Squat (v. t.) To bruise or make flat by a fall.
Gnide :: Gnide (v. t.) To rub; to bruise; to break in pieces.
Jam :: "Jam (v. t.) To crush or bruise; as, to jam a finger in the crack of a door..
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.
Mangle :: Mangle (v. t.) To cut or bruise with repeated blows or strokes, making a ragged or torn wound, or covering with wounds; to tear in cutting; to cut in a bungling manner; to lacerate; to mutilate..
Bruiser :: Bruiser (n.) A boxer; a pugilist.
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..
Amber Tree :: Amber tree () A species of Anthospermum, a shrub with evergreen leaves, which, when bruised, emit a fragrant odor..
Contuse :: Contuse (v. t.) To bruise; to injure or disorganize a part without breaking the skin.
Hurter :: Hurter (n.) A bodily injury causing pain; a wound, bruise, or the like..
Mash :: Mash (n.) A mass of mixed ingredients reduced to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure; a mass of anything in a soft pulpy state. Specifically (Brewing), ground or bruised malt, or meal of rye, wheat, corn, or other grain (or a mixture of malt and meal) steeped and stirred in hot water for making the wort..
Samp :: Samp (n.) An article of food consisting of maize broken or bruised, which is cooked by boiling, and usually eaten with milk; coarse hominy..
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..
Surcease :: Surbet (a.) Surbated; bruised.
Hurt :: Hurt (v. t.) To cause physical pain to; to do bodily harm to; to wound or bruise painfully.
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..
Tread :: Tread (n.) A bruise or abrasion produced on the foot or ankle of a horse that interferes. See Interfere, 3..
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