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 |
Brush (n.) The bushy tail of a fox. |
Brush (n.) A tuft of hair on the mandibles. |
Brush (n.) Branches of trees lopped off |
Brush (n.) A thicket of shrubs or small trees |
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 |
Brush (n.) A skirmish |
Brush (n.) A short contest, or trial, of speed. |
Brush (n.) To apply a brush to, according to its particular use |
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 |
Brush (v. i.) To move nimbly in haste |
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. |
Goloe-shoe (n.) A galoche. |
Shoe (n.) A covering for the human foot, usually made of leather, having a thick and somewhat stiff sole and a lighter top. It differs from a boot on not extending so far up the leg. |
Shoe (n.) Anything resembling a shoe in form, position, or use. |
Shoe (n.) A plate or rim of iron nailed to the hoof of an animal to defend it from injury. |
Shoe (n.) A band of iron or steel, or a ship of wood, fastened to the bottom of the runner of a sleigh, or any vehicle which slides on the snow. |
Shoe (n.) A drag, or sliding piece of wood or iron, placed under the wheel of a loaded vehicle, to retard its motion in going down a hill. |
Shoe (n.) The part of a railroad car brake which presses upon the wheel to retard its motion. |
Shoe (n.) A trough-shaped or spout-shaped member, put at the bottom of the water leader coming from the eaves gutter, so as to throw the water off from the building. |
Shoe (n.) The trough or spout for conveying the grain from the hopper to the eye of the millstone. |
Shoe (n.) An inclined trough in an ore-crushing mill. |
Shoe (n.) An iron socket or plate to take the thrust of a strut or rafter. |
Shoe (n.) An iron socket to protect the point of a wooden pile. |
Shoe (n.) A plate, or notched piece, interposed between a moving part and the stationary part on which it bears, to take the wear and afford means of adjustment |
Shoe (n.) To furnish with a shoe or shoes |
Shoe (n.) To protect or ornament with something which serves the purpose of a shoe |