Defn: The quality of resembling a brush; brushlike condition; shagginess. Dr. H. More.
BRUSHING
Brush"ing, a.
1. Constructed or used to brush with; as a brushing machine.
2. Brisk; light; as, a brushing gallop.
BRUSHITE
Brush"ite, n. Etym: [From George J.Brush, an American mineralogist.]
(Min.)
Defn: A white or gray crystalline mineral consisting of the acid phosphate of calcium.
BRUSH TURKEY
Brush" tur`key. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A large, edible, gregarious bird of Australia (Talegalla Lathami) of the family Megapodidæ. Also applied to several allied species of New Guinea.
Note: The brush turkeys 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.
BRUSH WHEEL
Brush" wheel`.