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Pronunciation : Brash
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [Cf. Gael. bras or G. barsch harsh, sharp, tart, impetuous, D. barsch, Sw. & Dan. barsk.]
Definition : Defn: Hasty in temper; impetuous. Grose.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Brash
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [Cf. Amer. bresk, brusk, fragile, brittle.]
Definition : Defn: Brittle, as wood or vegetables. [Colloq., U. S.] Bartlett.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Brash
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [See Brash brittle.]
Definition : 1. A rash or eruption; a sudden or transient fit of sickness.

2. Refuse boughs of trees; also, the clippings of hedges. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.

3. (Geol.)

Defn: Broken and angular fragments of rocks underlying alluvial deposits. Lyell.

4. Broken fragments of ice. Kane. 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913