Definition of brush

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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..

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Copse :: Copse (n.) A wood of small growth; a thicket of brushwood. See Coppice.
Brushy :: Brushy (a.) Resembling a brush; shaggy; rough.
Celluloid :: Celluloid (n.) A substance composed essentially of gun cotton and camphor, and when pure resembling ivory in texture and color, but variously colored to imitate coral, tortoise shell, amber, malachite, etc. It is used in the manufacture of jewelry and many small articles, as combs, brushes, collars, and cuffs; -- originally called xylonite..
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.
Brush :: Brush (n.) A short contest, or trial, of speed..
Handling :: Handling (v. t.) The mode of using the pencil or brush, etc.; style of touch..
Brush Wheel :: Brush wheel () A wheel without teeth, used to turn a similar one by the friction of bristles or something brushlike or soft attached to the circumference..
Scopiferous :: Scopiferous (a.) Bearing a tuft of brushlike hairs.
Cover :: Cover (n.) The woods, underbrush, etc., which shelter and conceal game; covert; as, to beat a cover; to ride to cover..
Toothbrush :: Toothbrush (n.) A brush for cleaning the teeth.
Brushwood :: Brushwood (n.) Brush; a thicket or coppice of small trees and shrubs.
Black :: Black (a.) To make black and shining, as boots or a stove, by applying blacking and then polishing with a brush..
Tinet :: Tinet (n.) Brushwood and thorns for making and repairing hedges.
Sage :: Sage (n.) The sagebrush.
Graphotype :: Graphotype (n.) A process for producing a design upon a surface in relief so that it can be printed from. Prepared chalk or oxide of zinc is pressed upon a smooth plate by a hydraulic press, and the design is drawn upon this in a peculiar ink which hardens the surface wherever it is applied. The surface is then carefully rubbed or brushed, leaving the lines in relief..
Sweep :: Sweep (n.) The compass of anything flowing or brushing; as, the flood carried away everything within its sweep..
Brushing :: Brushing (a.) Constructed or used to brush with; as a brushing machine.
Copse :: Copse (v. t.) To trim or cut; -- said of small trees, brushwood, tufts of grass, etc..
Brushiness :: Brushiness (n.) The quality of resembling a brush; brushlike condition; shagginess.
Brushite :: Brushite (n.) A white or gray crystalline mineral consisting of the acid phosphate of calcium.
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