See Also: Brush(medicine)
brush(1)(dictionary)
brush(4)(dictionary)
BRUSH(finance)
tar-brush(dictionary)
brush(3)(dictionary)
brush-off(dictionary)
end-brush(medicine)
polishing brush(medicine)
denture brush(medicine)

brush(1) (iou)



brush noun1. ME.
[Anglo-Norman bruce, Old French broce (mod. brousse), perh. ult. from Latin bruscum excrescence on the maple.]
Loppings of trees or hedges; US cut brushwood; a faggot of this. ME.
Undergrowth, thicket, small trees and shrubs; land covered in such growth; Austral. forest. Now chiefly N. Amer., Austral., & NZ. ME.
Stubble. obsolete exc. dial. L17.
Comb.: brushfire noun & adjective (a) noun a fire in brush or scrub; (b) adjective (of a war etc.) small-scale, localized; brush kangaroo = brush wallaby below; brush-turkey any of several Australasian megapodes which build mounds for incubating their eggs, esp. Alectura lathami of E. Australia; brush wallaby any of various wallabies found esp. in coastal brush; brushwood undergrowth, thicket; cut or broken twigs etc.
brushed adjective covered or overgrown with brush M17.