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bruised, ppl. a.|bruːzd|
[f. as prec. + -ed1.]
1. Hurt or damaged by a heavy blow; contused; with skin crushed and discoloured. (Formerly in stronger sense.)
1388Wyclif Matt. xii. 20 A brisid [1382 schaken] rehed he shal not breke. c1450Lonelich Grail xxvii. 94 A ful wery and abrosed Manne. 1573Tusser Husb. (1878) 32 Forget it not Fruit brused will rot. 1727De Foe Eng. Tradesm. (1841) I. vi. 44 Like an old invalid soldier out of the wars, maimed, bruised, and sick. 1884G. Allen Strange Stories 85 The bruised and livid face of the old parson.
fig.1604Shakes. Oth. i. iii. 219, I neuer yet did heare That the bruized heart was pierc'd through the eares. 1642Milton Apol. Smect. (1851) 297 The brused consciences of so many Christians.
b. Of blood: Extravasated. Obs. or dial.
1579Langham Gard. Health (1633) 113 Bruses and brused bloud, stampe Nep leaues with salt and apply them. Mod.Sc. Briz'd bluid.
2. Crushed, battered, dinted.
1590Spenser F.Q. i. xi. 14 Often bounding on the brused gras. 1599Shakes. Hen. V, v. Prol. 18 His bruised Helmet and his bended Sword. c1650in Rushw. Hist. Coll. iii. (1692) I. 77 A bruised Ship-wrackt Vessel, full of Leaks. 1840Hood Up Rhine 44 Oh it's the beautiful brass pail..and how it's all bruised and battered.
3. Crushed small, brayed, pounded.
1382[see bruise v. 4]. c1420Pallad. on Husb. i. 679 Bresed whete and breses longe. 1664Evelyn Kal. Hort. (1729) 194 Those [birds] who feed on bruised seeds. |
