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▪ I. brushed, ppl. a.|brʌʃt|
Also brosshen, brusht.
[f. brush v.2 or n.2 + -ed.]
1. Swept or smoothed with a brush; grazed; furnished with a ‘brush’.
c1460J. Russell Bk. Nurture in Babees Bk. (1868) 180 Lett neuer wollyn cloth..passe a seuenyght to be vnbrosshen and shakyn. 1580Baret Alv. B. 1415 Brushed: swept..versus. 1649G. Daniel Trinarch., Hen. V, st. 264 Brusht Gallants now they went. 1691Lond. Gaz. No. 2627/4 A Black Roan Horse..the near Knee brush'd. 1711‘J. Distaff’ Char. Don. Sacheverellio 11 Brush'd Beavers, and Formal Cravats. 1831Carlyle Sart. Res. i. iii, Purse-mouthed, crane-necked, clean-brushed, pacific individuals.
2. spec. Designating knitted or woven fabrics that have been finished with a nap.
1926G. G. Denny Fabrics (ed. 2) i. 26 Brushed wool, knit fabrics for sweaters, scarfs, trimmings which have been napped. Usually contain mohair fibres which make long, silky nap. 1957M. B. Picken Fashion Dict. 37/1 Brushed rayon, napped rayon fabric, used for sleeping garments, sportswear, shirts. 1966J. Aiken Trouble with Product X iv. 69, I took off my brushed-nylon waist slip. 1967Observer 14 May 29/6 French brushed cotton in black with pink roses.
▪ II. brushed, a.|brʌʃt|
[f. brush n.1 + -ed2.]
Overgrown with brushwood.
1666in Duxbury Rec. (Mass.) (1893) 16 A certain parcel of land,..until you come to a low brushed swamp. 1832Jrnl. R. Geogr. Soc. II. 110 The line of sight extended over a great extent of densely wooded, or brushed, land. 1888Century Mag. Jan. 453/1 A cañon, liberally wooded or ‘brushed’ with wild plums. 1938J. Steinbeck Long Valley 63 There was a draw below him..brushed with dry struggling sage and chaparral. |