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adjective

Brash adj. Hasty in temper; impetuous.

Brash adj. Brittle, as wood or vegetables. (Colloq., U. S.)

noun

Brash n.

A rash or eruption; a sudden or transient fit of sickness.

Refuse boughs of trees; also, the clippings of hedges. (Prov. Eng.)

(Geol.) Broken and angular fragments of rocks underlying alluvial deposits.

Broken fragments of ice.

Water brash (Med.), an affection characterized by a spasmodic pain or hot sensation in the stomach with a rising of watery liquid into the mouth; pyrosis.

Weaning brash (Med.), a severe form of diarrhea which sometimes attacks children just weaned.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Brash" Quotes from Famous Books

... directed for mashed potato. While hot, shape in balls about the size of an egg. Have a tin sheet well buttered, and place the balls on it. As soon as all are done, brash over with beaten egg. Brown in the oven. When done, slip a knife under them and slide them upon a hot platter. Garnish ...

— Miss Parloa's New Cook Book • Maria Parloa

... diplomatically over the allusion to herself and the elder's expression of favour for a particular suitor, but without words she had made the mental reservation: "Bas Rowlett's brash and uppety enough withouten us bein' beholden ter him fer no money debt. Like as not he'll be more humble-like a'tter ...

— The Roof Tree • Charles Neville Buck

... brash—and what I want to say may seem kind of that way to you. But it ain't. Anyhow, I guess it'll relieve your mind. Lady Joan, you're a looker—you're a beaut from Beautville. If I were your kind, and ...

— T. Tembarom • Frances Hodgson Burnett

... that worthy, doubtfully. "He was pretty brash wid me, an' 'llowed ter hit me wid a stick; but he didn't—at least not ter speak on—so I don't make no 'count ob dat. 'Twas jes dis matter ob Lugeny's wuk dat made me bring him ...

— Bricks Without Straw • Albion W. Tourgee

... atter the war we saw plenty of Ku Kluxers but they never bothered nobody on our plantation. They allus seemed to be havin' heaps of fun. 'Course, they did have to straighten out some of them brash young nigger bucks on some of the other farms round about. Mos' of the niggers the Ku Kluxers got atter was'n on no farm, but was jus' roamin' 'round talkin' too much and makin' trouble. They had to take 'em in hand two or three times befo' some of them fool free niggers could be larned to behave ...

— Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume IV, Georgia Narratives, Part 1 • Works Projects Administration

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