Part 1431

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To touch in passing, or to pass lightly over, as with a brush.</def>

<blockquote>Some spread their sailes, some with strong oars sweep The waters smooth, and <b>brush</b> the buxom wave. <i>Fairfax.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote><b>Brushed</b> with the kiss of rustling wings. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To remove or gather by brushing, or by an act like that of brushing, or by passing lightly over, as wind; -- commonly with <i>off</i>.</def>

<blockquote>As wicked dew as e'er my mother <b>brushed</b> With raven's feather from unwholesome fen. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>And from the boughts <b>brush</b> off the evil dew. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>To brush aside</col>, <cd>to remove from one's way, as with a brush.</cd> -- <col>To brush away</col>, <cd>to remove, as with a brush or brushing motion.</cd> -- <col>To brush up</col>, <cd>to paint, or make clean or bright with a brush; to cleanse or improve; to renew.</cd></cs>

<blockquote>You have commissioned me to paint your shop, and I have done my best to <b>brush</b> you <b>up</b> like your neighbors. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

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

<hw>Brush</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To move nimbly in haste; to move so lightly as scarcely to be perceived; <as>as, to <ex>brush</ex> by</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Snatching his hat, he <b>brushed</b> off like the wind. <i>Goldsmith.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Brusher</h1> <Xpage=186>

<hw>Brush"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who, or that which, brushes.</def>

<h1>Brushiness</h1> <Xpage=186>

<hw>Brush"i*ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of resembling a brush; brushlike condition; shagginess.</def>

<i>Dr. H. More.</i>

<h1>Brushing</h1> <Xpage=186>

<hw>Brush"ing</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Constructed or used to brush with; as a <i>brushing</i> machine.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Brisk; light; <as>as, a <ex>brushing</ex> gallop</as>.</def>

<h1>Brushite</h1> <Xpage=186>

<hw>Brush"ite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From George J.<ets>Brush</ets>, an American mineralogist.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A white or gray crystalline mineral consisting of the acid phosphate of calcium.</def>

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

<hw>Brush" tur`key</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A large, edible, gregarious bird of Australia (<spn>Talegalla Lathami</spn>) of the family <spn>Megapodid\'91</spn>. Also applied to several allied species of New Guinea.</def>

<note>&hand; The <i>brush turkeys</i> live in the "brush," and construct a common nest by collecting a large heap of decaying vegetable matter, which generates heat sufficient to hatch the numerous eggs (sometimes half a bushel) deposited in it by the females of the flock.</note>

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

<hw>Brush" wheel`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <p><b>1.</b> <def>A wheel without teeth, used to turn a similar one by the friction of bristles or something brushlike or soft attached to the circumference.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A circular revolving brush used by turners, lapidaries, silversmiths, etc., for polishing.</def>

<h1>Brushwood</h1> <Xpage=186>