Definition of Brushings

1. Noun. (plural of brushing) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Brushings

1. brushing [n] - See also: brushing

Lexicographical Neighbors of Brushings

brushes down
brushes up
brushest
brusheth
brushfire
brushfires
brushier
brushiest
brushily
brushiness
brushing
brushing aside
brushing by
brushing down
brushing up
brushings
brushland
brushland tinamou
brushland tinamous
brushlands
brushless
brushlike
brushmaker
brushmakers
brushmaking
brushmark
brushmarks
brushoff
brushoffs

Literary usage of Brushings

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions by Epidemiological Society of London (1888)
"Notwithstanding brushings, these patches continued to be reproduced for two or three days, after which they wore off, leaving puffiness of the subjacent ..."

2. Foods: Their Composition and Analysis by Alexander Wynter Blyth, Meredith Wynter Blyth (1903)
"Various quantities of the brushings from the filter are then injected into sterile milk tubes. (It has been found necessary to heat the milk tubes just ..."

3. Transactions of the Epidemiological Society of London by Epidemiological Society of London (1888)
"Notwithstanding brushings, these patches continued to be reproduced for two or three days, after which they wore off, leaving puffiness of the subjacent ..."

4. Proceedings of the American Society for Psychical Research by American Society for Psychical Research (1908)
"9:47 PM Have just had for two or three minutes the gentle brushings and occasional touches on the top of my head. The back part of my hands and my right arm ..."

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