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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Brushing :: Brushing (a.) Brisk; light; as, a brushing gallop..
Brush :: Brush (n.) To touch in passing, or to pass lightly over, as with a brush..
Brush :: Brush (n.) A tuft of hair on the mandibles.
Brushiness :: Brushiness (n.) The quality of resembling a brush; brushlike condition; shagginess.
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.
Limn :: Limn (v. t.) To draw or paint; especially, to represent in an artistic way with pencil or brush..
Laund :: Laund (n.) A plain sprinkled with trees or underbrush; a glade.
Brushy :: Brushy (a.) Resembling a brush; shaggy; rough.
Whisk :: Whisk (n.) To sweep, brush, or agitate, with a light, rapid motion; as, to whisk dust from a table; to whisk the white of eggs into a froth..
Brush :: Brush (n.) To apply a brush to, according to its particular use; to rub, smooth, clean, paint, etc., with a brush..
Pencil :: Pencil (n.) A small, fine brush of hair or bristles used by painters for laying on colors..
Foxtail :: Foxtail (n.) The tail or brush of a fox.
Mattress :: Mattress (n.) A mass of interwoven brush, poles, etc., to protect a bank from being worn away by currents or waves..
Brusher :: Brusher (n.) One who, or that which, brushes..
Copse :: Copse (n.) A wood of small growth; a thicket of brushwood. See Coppice.
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..
Sweep :: Sweep (n.) The compass of anything flowing or brushing; as, the flood carried away everything within its sweep..
Sagebrush :: Sagebrush (n.) A low irregular shrub (Artemisia tridentata), of the order Compositae, covering vast tracts of the dry alkaline regions of the American plains; -- called also sagebush, and wild sage..
Aspergillum :: Aspergillum (n.) The brush used in the Roman Catholic church for sprinkling holy water on the people.
Dipping :: Dipping (n.) The practice of taking snuff by rubbing the teeth or gums with a stick or brush dipped in snuff.
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