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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.

One who, or that which, bruises.

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

Surmounted by an ordinary; as, a lion is debruised when a bend or other ordinary is placed over it, as in the cut. The lion of England and the lilies of France without the baton sinister, under which, according to the laws of heraldry, they where debruised in token of his illegitimate birth. Macaulay.…

To bruise sorely or exceedingly. [Obs.] All forbrosed, both back and side. Chaucer.

A species of Anthospermum, a shrub with evergreen leaves, which, when bruised, emit a fragrant odor.

r confident by a promise, declaration, or other evidence. His promise that thy seed shall bruise our foe . . . Assures me that the bitterness of death Is past, and we shall live. Milton.

ommon in the north of Europe, the powder of which is used to take away the livid marks of bruises.

iatic tree of the terebinthine family (Balsamodendron Gileadense). Its leaves yield, when bruised, a strong aromatic scent; and from this tree is obtained the balm of Gilead of the shops, or balsam of Mecca. This has a yellowish or greenish color, a warm, bitterish, aromatic taste, and a fragrant smell. It is valued as…

To beat with successive blows; to beat repeatedly and with violence, so as to bruise, shatter, or demolish; as, to batter a wall or rampart.

To maul or beat severely; to bruise. "In order to bemaul Yorick." Sterne.

, one who brings relief. He gaf the sike man his boote. Chaucer. Thou art boot for many a bruise And healest many a wound. Sir W. Scott. Next her Son, our soul's best boot. Wordsworth.

An instrument or machine to break or bruise the woody part of flax or hemp so that it may be separated from the fiber.

A bruise; a wound. Breach for breach, eye for eye. Lev. xxiv. 20

a wen, on the point of the elbow (or the heel of the hock) of a horse, caused probably by bruises in lying dowm.

Of or pertaining to the head. [Obs.] Needs must the Serpent now his capital bruise Expect with mortal pain. Milton.

Thoroughly bruised or broken. [Obs.]

To bruise; to injure or disorganize a part without breaking the skin. Contused wound, a wound attended with bruising.

The act or process of beating, bruising, or pounding; the state of being beaten or bruised.

To lay upon a bed or other resting place. Where unbruised youth, with unstuffed brain, Does couch his limbs, there golden sleep doth reign. Shak.