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bruiser
(encz) | bruiser,rváč n: Zdeněk Brož |
Bruiser
(gcide) | Bruiser \Bruis"er\, n.
1. One who, or that which, bruises.
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2. A boxer; a pugilist; hence, a strong, tough person; --
often used in the phrase
big bruiser. --R. Browning.
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Like a new bruiser on Broughtonic sand,
Amid the lists our hero takes his stand. --T.
Warton.
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3. A concave tool used in grinding lenses or the speculums of
telescopes. --Knight.
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bruiser
(wn) | bruiser
n 1: a large and strong and heavyset man; "he was a bull of a
man"; "a thick-skinned bruiser ready to give as good as he
got" [syn: bull, bruiser, strapper, Samson] |
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bruiser
(encz) | bruiser,rváč n: Zdeněk Brož |
big bruiser
(gcide) | Bruiser \Bruis"er\, n.
1. One who, or that which, bruises.
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2. A boxer; a pugilist; hence, a strong, tough person; --
often used in the phrase
big bruiser. --R. Browning.
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Like a new bruiser on Broughtonic sand,
Amid the lists our hero takes his stand. --T.
Warton.
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3. A concave tool used in grinding lenses or the speculums of
telescopes. --Knight.
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Whin bruiser
(gcide) | Whin \Whin\, n. [W. chwyn weeds, a single weed.]
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1. (Bot.)
(a) Gorse; furze. See Furze.
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Through the whins, and by the cairn. --Burns.
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(b) Woad-waxed. --Gray.
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2. Same as Whinstone. [Prov. Eng.]
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Moor whin or Petty whin (Bot.), a low prickly shrub
(Genista Anglica) common in Western Europe.
Whin bruiser, a machine for cutting and bruising whin, or
furze, to feed cattle on.
Whin Sparrow (Zool.), the hedge sparrow. [Prov. Eng.]
Whin Thrush (Zool.), the redwing. [Prov. Eng.]
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bruiser
(wn) | bruiser
n 1: a large and strong and heavyset man; "he was a bull of a
man"; "a thick-skinned bruiser ready to give as good as he
got" [syn: bull, bruiser, strapper, Samson] |
louis the bruiser
(wn) | Louis the Bruiser
n 1: king of France whose military victories consolidated his
reign (1081-1137) [syn: Louis VI, Louis the Far, {Louis
the Wideawake}, Louis the Bruiser] |
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