Definition of brush

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Brush (n.) 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..

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Weed :: Weed (n.) Underbrush; low shrubs.
Tinet :: Tinet (n.) Brushwood and thorns for making and repairing hedges.
Stopple :: Stopping-out (n.) A method adopted in etching, to keep the acid from those parts which are already sufficiently corroded, by applying varnish or other covering matter with a brush, but allowing the acid to act on the other parts..
Touch :: Touch (v. t.) To mark or delineate with touches; to add a slight stroke to with the pencil or brush.
Scrub :: Scrub (v. i.) To rub anything hard, especially with a wet brush; to scour; hence, to be diligent and penurious; as, to scrub hard for a living..
Limn :: Limn (v. t.) To draw or paint; especially, to represent in an artistic way with pencil or brush..
Handling :: Handling (v. t.) The mode of using the pencil or brush, etc.; style of touch..
Brush :: Brush (n.) A short contest, or trial, of speed..
Dustpan :: Dustpan (n.) A shovel-like utensil for conveying away dust brushed from the floor.
Sweep :: Sweep (n.) The compass of anything flowing or brushing; as, the flood carried away everything within its sweep..
Copse :: Copse (n.) A wood of small growth; a thicket of brushwood. See Coppice.
Scopuliped :: Scopuliped (n.) Any species of bee which has on the hind legs a brush of hairs used for collecting pollen, as the hive bees and bumblebees..
Aspergillum :: Aspergillum (n.) The brush used in the Roman Catholic church for sprinkling holy water on the people.
Artemisia :: Artemisia (n.) A genus of plants including the plants called mugwort, southernwood, and wormwood. Of these A. absinthium, or common wormwood, is well known, and A. tridentata is the sage brush of the Rocky Mountain region..
Muscariform :: Muscariform (a.) Having the form of a brush.
Badger :: Badger (n.) A brush made of badgers' hair, used by artists..
Wallaby :: Wallaby (n.) Any one of numerous species of kangaroos belonging to the genus Halmaturus, native of Australia and Tasmania, especially the smaller species, as the brush kangaroo (H. Bennettii) and the pademelon (H. thetidis). The wallabies chiefly inhabit the wooded district and bushy plains..
Lorikeet :: Lorikeet (n.) Any one numerous species of small brush-tongued parrots or lories, found mostly in Australia, New Guinea and the adjacent islands, with some forms in the East Indies. They are arboreal in their habits and feed largely upon the honey of flowers. They belong to Trichoglossus, Loriculus, and several allied genera..
Scrub :: Scrub (v. t.) To rub hard; to wash with rubbing; usually, to rub with a wet brush, or with something coarse or rough, for the purpose of cleaning or brightening; as, to scrub a floor, a doorplate..
Wear :: Wear (n.) A fence of stakes, brushwood, or the like, set in a stream, tideway, or inlet of the sea, for taking fish..
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