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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.
- Brush - n. - The bushy tail of a fox.
- Brush - n. - A tuft of hair on the mandibles.
- Brush - n. - Branches of trees lopped off; brushwood.
- Brush - n. - A thicket of shrubs or small trees; the shrubs and small trees in a wood; underbrush.
- Brush - n. - A bundle of flexible wires or thin plates of metal, used to conduct an electrical current to or from the commutator of a dynamo, electric motor, or similar apparatus.
- 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.
- Brush - n. - A skirmish; a slight encounter; a shock or collision; as, to have a brush with an enemy.
- Brush - n. - A short contest, or trial, of speed.
- Brush - n. - To apply a brush to, according to its particular use; to rub, smooth, clean, paint, etc., with a brush.
- Brush - n. - To touch in passing, or to pass lightly over, as with a brush.
- Brush - n. - To remove or gather by brushing, or by an act like that of brushing, or by passing lightly over, as wind; -- commonly with off.
- Brush - v. i. - To move nimbly in haste; to move so lightly as scarcely to be perceived; as, to brush by.
- Brush turkey - - A large, edible, gregarious bird of Australia (Talegalla Lathami) of the family Megapodidae. Also applied to several allied species of New Guinea.
- 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.
- Brush wheel - - A circular revolving brush used by turners, lapidaries, silversmiths, etc., for polishing.
- Brushed - imp. & p. p. - of Brush
- Brusher - n. - One who, or that which, brushes.
- Brushiness - n. - The quality of resembling a brush; brushlike condition; shagginess.
- Brushing - p. pr. & vb. n. - of Brush
- Brushing - a. - Constructed or used to brush with; as a brushing machine.
- Brushing - a. - Brisk; light; as, a brushing gallop.
- Brushite - n. - A white or gray crystalline mineral consisting of the acid phosphate of calcium.
- Brushwood - n. - Brush; a thicket or coppice of small trees and shrubs.
- Brushwood - n. - Small branches of trees cut off.
- Dipping - n. - The practice of taking snuff by rubbing the teeth or gums with a stick or brush dipped in snuff.
- 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.
- Kneebrush - n. - A tuft or brush of hair on the knees of some species of antelopes and other animals; -- chiefly used in the plural.
- Pencil - n. - A small, fine brush of hair or bristles used by painters for laying on colors.
- 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.
- 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.
- Hairbrush - n. - A brush for cleansing and smoothing the hair.
- Talegalla - n. - A genus of Australian birds which includes the brush turkey. See Brush turkey.
- Whisk - n. - A small bunch of grass, straw, twigs, hair, or the like, used for a brush; hence, a brush or small besom, as of broom corn.
- Nailbrush - n. - A brush for cleaning the nails.
- Tip - n. - A thin, boarded brush made of camel's hair, used by gilders in lifting gold leaf.
- 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.
- Dustbrush - n. - A brush of feathers, bristles, or hair, for removing dust from furniture.
- Skim - v. t. - To pass near the surface of; to brush the surface of; to glide swiftly along the surface of.
- Ftiction - n. - The act of rubbing the surface of one body against that of another; attrition; in hygiene, the act of rubbing the body with the hand, with flannel, or with a brush etc., to excite the skin to healthy action.
- Wattlebird - n. - The Australian brush turkey.
- Grainer - n. - One who paints in imitation of the grain of wood, marble, etc.; also, the brush or tool used in graining.
- Sweep - v. i. - To brush against or over; to rub lightly along.
- 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.
- Aspergillum - n. - The brush used in the Roman Catholic church for sprinkling holy water on the people.
- Vultern - n. - The brush turkey (Talegallus Lathami) of Australia. See Brush turkey.
- Brush - n. - A skirmish; a slight encounter; a shock or collision; as, to have a brush with an enemy.
- Scratchbrush - n. - A stiff wire brush for cleaning iron castings and other metal.
- Toothbrush - n. - A brush for cleaning the teeth.
- Aspersorium - n. - A brush for sprinkling holy water; an aspergill.
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- G660 ἀποτινάσσω - 660 ἀποτινάσσω - ἈΠΟΤΙΝΆΣΣΩ - - apotinássō - ap-ot-in-as'-so - from ἀπό and (to jostle); to brush off:--shake off. - Verb - greek
- H2003 הָמָס - 2003 הָמָס - הָמָס - - hâmâç - haw-mawce' - from an unused root apparently meaning to crackle; a dry twig or brushwood; melting. - Noun Masculine - heb
- G4067 περίψωμα - 4067 περίψωμα - ΠΕΡΊΨΩΜΑ - - perípsōma - per-ip'-so-mah - from a comparative of περί and (to rub); something brushed all around, i.e. off-scrapings (figuratively, scum):--offscouring. - Noun Neuter - greek
- G4563 σαρόω - 4563 σαρόω - ΣΑΡΌΩ - - saróō - sar-o'-o - from a derivative of (to brush off; akin to σύρω); meaning a broom; to sweep:--sweep. - Verb - greek
- H3261 יָעָה - 3261 יָעָה - יָעָה - - yâʻâh - yaw-aw' - a primitive root; apparently; to brush aside; sweep away. - Verb - heb