Definition of brush

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Brush (n.) A skirmish; a slight encounter; a shock or collision; as, to have a brush with an enemy..

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Badger :: Badger (n.) A brush made of badgers' hair, used by artists..
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..
Weed :: Weed (n.) Underbrush; low shrubs.
Dust :: Dust (v. t.) To free from dust; to brush, wipe, or sweep away dust from; as, to dust a table or a floor..
Foxtail :: Foxtail (n.) The tail or brush of a fox.
Tip :: Tip (n.) A thin, boarded brush made of camel's hair, used by gilders in lifting gold leaf..
Besom :: Besom (n.) A brush of twigs for sweeping; a broom; anything which sweeps away or destroys.
Kneebrush :: Kneebrush (n.) A tuft or brush of hair on the knees of some species of antelopes and other animals; -- chiefly used in the plural.
Clear :: Clear (v. t.) To free from impediment or incumbrance, from defilement, or from anything injurious, useless, or offensive; as, to clear land of trees or brushwood, or from stones; to clear the sight or the voice; to clear one's self from debt; -- often used with of, off, away, or out..
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..
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..
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.
Asperges :: Asperges (n.) The brush or instrument used in sprinkling holy water; an aspergill.
Bavin :: Bavin (n.) A fagot of brushwood, or other light combustible matter, for kindling fires; refuse of brushwood..
Brush Turkey :: Brush turkey () A large, edible, gregarious bird of Australia (Talegalla Lathami) of the family Megapodidae. Also applied to several allied species of New Guinea..
Handling :: Handling (v. t.) The mode of using the pencil or brush, etc.; style of touch..
Dustbrush :: Dustbrush (n.) A brush of feathers, bristles, or hair, for removing dust from furniture..
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..
Brushite :: Brushite (n.) A white or gray crystalline mineral consisting of the acid phosphate of calcium.
Laund :: Laund (n.) A plain sprinkled with trees or underbrush; a glade.
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