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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Scour :: Scour (v. t.) To pass swiftly over; to brush along; to traverse or search thoroughly; as, to scour the coast..
Beggar''s Lice :: Beggar's lice () The prickly fruit or seed of certain plants (as some species of Echinospermum and Cynoglossum) which cling to the clothing of those who brush by them.
Brush Wheel :: Brush wheel () A circular revolving brush used by turners, lapidaries, silversmiths, etc., for polishing..
Brush :: Brush (n.) A tuft of hair on the mandibles.
Maleo :: Maleo (n.) A bird of Celebes (megacephalon maleo), allied to the brush turkey. It makes mounds in which to lay its eggs..
Brushed :: Brushed (imp. & p. p.) of Brus.
Tapoa Tafa :: Tapoa tafa () A small carnivorous marsupial (Phascogale penicillata) having long, soft fur, and a very long tail with a tuft of long hairs at the end; -- called also brush-tailed phascogale..
Brush :: Brush (n.) A thicket of shrubs or small trees; the shrubs and small trees in a wood; underbrush.
Brush :: Brush (v. i.) To move nimbly in haste; to move so lightly as scarcely to be perceived; as, to brush by..
Sweep :: Sweep (v. i.) To brush against or over; to rub lightly along.
Brushiness :: Brushiness (n.) The quality of resembling a brush; brushlike condition; shagginess.
Brush :: Brush (n.) To apply a brush to, according to its particular use; to rub, smooth, clean, paint, etc., with a brush..
Sweep :: Sweep (v. i.) To brush swiftly over the surface of anything; to pass with switness and force, as if brushing the surface of anything; to move in a stately manner; as, the wind sweeps across the plain; a woman sweeps through a drawing-room..
Brush :: Brush (n.) A skirmish; a slight encounter; a shock or collision; as, to have a brush with an enemy..
Brush :: Brush (n.) The bushy tail of a fox.
Copsewood :: Copsewood (n.) Brushwood; coppice.
Brush :: Brush (n.) 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..
Brushy :: Brushy (a.) Resembling a brush; shaggy; rough.
Tussock :: Tussock (n.) A caterpillar of any one of numerous species of bombycid moths. The body of these caterpillars is covered with hairs which form long tufts or brushes. Some species are very injurious to shade and fruit trees. Called also tussock caterpillar. See Orgyia.
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..
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