Definition of bruise

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Bruise (v. i.) To fight with the fists; to box.

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Debruised :: Debruised (a.) Surmounted by an ordinary; as, a lion is debruised when a bend or other ordinary is placed over it, as in the cut..
Bruised :: Bruised (imp. & p. p.) of Bruis.
Bruise :: Bruise (v. t.) 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..
Bruise :: Bruise (v. t.) To break; as in a mortar; to bray, as minerals, roots, etc.; to crush..
Lave :: Lave (v. t.) To wash; to bathe; as, to lave a bruise..
Sore :: Sore (a.) A place in an animal body where the skin and flesh are ruptured or bruised, so as to be tender or painful; a painful or diseased place, such as an ulcer or a boil..
Nubble :: Nubble (v. t.) To beat or bruise with the fist.
Crush :: Crush (v. t.) To press or bruise between two hard bodies; to squeeze, so as to destroy the natural shape or integrity of the parts, or to force together into a mass; as, to crush grapes..
Batter :: Batter (v. t.) 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..
Bruiser :: Bruiser (n.) One who, or that which, bruises..
Pepper :: Pepper (v. t.) Figuratively: To shower shot or other missiles, or blows, upon; to pelt; to fill with shot, or cover with bruises or wounds..
Samp :: Samp (n.) An article of food consisting of maize broken or bruised, which is cooked by boiling, and usually eaten with milk; coarse hominy..
Tan :: Tan (n.) The bark of the oak, and some other trees, bruised and broken by a mill, for tanning hides; -- so called both before and after it has been used. Called also tan bark..
Bruise :: Bruise (v. i.) To fight with the fists; to box.
Forbruise :: Forbruise (v. t.) To bruise sorely or exceedingly.
Contrite :: Contrite (a.) Thoroughly bruised or broken.
Kibble :: Kibble (v. t.) To bruise; to grind coarsely; as, kibbled oats..
Squat :: Squat (v. t.) To bruise or make flat by a fall.
Mall :: Mall (v. t.) To beat with a mall; to beat with something heavy; to bruise; to maul.
Mash :: Mash (v. t.) To convert into a mash; to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure; to bruise; to crush; as, to mash apples in a mill, or potatoes with a pestle. Specifically (Brewing), to convert, as malt, or malt and meal, into the mash which makes wort..
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