Part 1430

<h1>Brunonian</h1> <Xpage=186>

<hw>Bru*no"ni*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to, or invented by, <i>Brown</i>; -- a term applied to a system of medicine promulgated in the 18th century by John <i>Brown</i>, of Scotland, the fundamental doctrine of which was, that life is a state of excitation produced by the normal action of external agents upon the body, and that disease consists in excess or deficiency of excitation.</def>

<h1>Brunswick black</h1> <Xpage=186>

<hw>Bruns"wick black`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <def>See <er>Japan black</er>.</def>

<h1>Brunswick green</h1> <Xpage=186>

<hw>Bruns"wick green`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[G. <ets>Braunschweiger gr\'81n</ets>, first made at Brunswick, in Germany.]</ety> <def>An oxychloride of copper, used as a green pigment; also, a carbonate of copper similarly employed.</def>

<h1>Brunt</h1> <Xpage=186>

<hw>Brunt</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>brunt</ets>, <ets>bront</ets>, fr. Icel. <ets>bruna</ets> to rush; cf. Icel. <ets>brenna</ets> to burn. Cf. <er>Burn</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The heat, or utmost violence, of an onset; the strength or greatest fury of any contention; <as>as, the <ex>brunt</ex> of a battle</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The force of a blow; shock; collision.</def> "And heavy <i>brunt</i> of cannon ball."

<i>Hudibras.</i>

<blockquote>It is instantly and irrecoverably scattered by our first <b>brunt</b> with some real affair of common life. <i>I. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Brush</h1> <Xpage=186>

<hw>Brush</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>brusche</ets>, OF. <ets>broche</ets>, <ets>broce</ets>, <ets>brosse</ets>, brushwood, F. <ets>brosse</ets> brush, LL. <ets>brustia</ets>, <ets>bruscia</ets>, fr. OHG. <ets>brusta</ets>, <ets>brust</ets>, bristle, G. <ets>borste</ets> bristle, <ets>b\'81rste</ets> brush. See <er>Bristle</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, and cf. <er>Browse</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>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. <i>Brushes</i> have different shapes and names according to their use; <as>as, clothes <ex>brush</ex>, paint <ex>brush</ex>, tooth <ex>brush</ex>, etc.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The bushy tail of a fox.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A tuft of hair on the mandibles.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Branches of trees lopped off; brushwood.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>A thicket of shrubs or small trees; the shrubs and small trees in a wood; underbrush.</def>

<p><b>6.</b> <fld>(Elec.)</fld> <def>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.</def>

<p><b>7.</b> <def>The act of brushing; <as>as, to give one's clothes a <ex>brush</ex></as>; a rubbing or grazing with a quick motion; a light touch; <as>as, we got a <ex>brush</ex> from the wheel as it passed</as>.</def>

<blockquote>[As leaves] have with one winter's <b>brush</b> Fell from their boughts. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>8.</b> <def>A skirmish; a slight encounter; a shock or collision; <as>as, to have a <ex>brush</ex> with an enemy</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Let grow thy sinews till their knots be strong, And tempt not yet the <b>brushes</b> of the war. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>9.</b> <def>A short contest, or trial, of speed.</def>

<blockquote>Let us enjoy a <b>brush</b> across the country. <i>Cornhill Mag.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Electrical brush</col>, <cd>a form of the electric discharge characterized by a brushlike appearance of luminous rays diverging from an electrified body.</cd></cs>

<h1>Brush</h1> <Xpage=186>

<hw>Brush</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Brushed</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Brushing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>bruschen</ets>; cf. F. <ets>brosser</ets>. See <er>Brush</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To apply a brush to, according to its particular use; to rub, smooth, clean, paint, etc., with a brush.</def> "A' <i>brushes</i> his hat o' mornings."

<i>Shak.</i>