Helen Fenton

Bruise: Definition and part of speech

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Bruise

  1. n. An injury to the flesh of animals, or to plants, fruit, etc., with a blunt or heavy instrument, or by collision with some other body; a contusion; as, a bruise on the head; bruises on fruit.
  2. v. t. To injure, as by a blow or collision, without laceration; to contuse; as, to bruise one’s finger with a hammer; to bruise the bark of a tree with a stone; to bruise an apple by letting it fall.
  3. v. t. To break; as in a mortar; to bray, as minerals, roots, etc.; to crush.
  4. v. i. To fight with the fists; to box.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Bruiser: Definition and part of speech

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Bruiser

  1. n. A concave tool used in grinding lenses or the speculums of telescopes.
  2. n. One who, or that which, bruises.
  3. n. A boxer; a pugilist.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Bruisewort: Definition and part of speech

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Bruisewort

  1. n. A plant supposed to heal bruises, as the true daisy, the soapwort, and the comfrey.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Brumaire: Definition and part of speech

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Brumaire

  1. n. The second month of the calendar adopted by the first French republic. It began thirty days after the autumnal equinox. See Vendemiaire.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.