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BRASHING
Verb
brashing
present participle of brash
Source: Wiktionary
BRASH
Brash, a. Etym: [Cf. Gael. bras or G. barsch harsh, sharp, tart, impetuous, D. barsch, Sw. & Dan. barsk.]
Definition: Hasty in temper; impetuous. Grose.
Brash, a. Etym: [Cf. Amer. bresk, brusk, fragile, brittle.]
Definition: Brittle, as wood or vegetables. [Colloq., U. S.] Bartlett.
Brash, n. Etym: [See Brash brittle.]
1. A rash or eruption; a sudden or transient fit of sickness.
2. Refuse boughs of trees; also, the clippings of hedges. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.
3. (Geol.)
Definition: Broken and angular fragments of rocks underlying alluvial deposits. Lyell.
4. Broken fragments of ice. Kane. Water brash (Med.), an affection characterized by a spasmodic pain or hot sensation in the stomach with a rising of watery liquid into the mouth; pyrosis.
– Weaning brash (Med.), a severe form of diarrhea which sometimes attacks children just weaned.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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