A skirmish; a slight encounter; a shock or collision; as, to
have a brush with an enemy.

A short contest, or trial, of speed.

A tuft of hair on the mandibles.

The act of brushing; as, to give one’s clothes a brush; a
rubbing or grazing with a quick motion; a light touch; as, we got a
brush from the wheel as it passed.

Branches of trees lopped off; brushwood.

The bushy tail of a fox.

i. fırça; çalılık, fundalık. Will you bring me the brush? (Bana fırçayı getirir misin?)

f. fırçalamak. I brushed my teeth. (Dişlerimi fırçaladım.)

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; as, clothes brush, paint brush, tooth brush, etc.

A thicket of shrubs or small trees; the shrubs and small
trees in a wood; underbrush.