2 entries under this word

Brash

Brāsh, a.

adjective

a. [Cf. Ger. barsch, harsh, sharp, tart, impetuous, D. barsch, Sw. & Dan. barsk, L. Ger. bask, basch.]

  1. Hasty in temper; impetuous. Grose.
  2. [Arm. bresk, brusk, fragile, frail, brittle.] Brittle, as wood or vegetables. [Local, U. S.] Bartlett.

Brāsh, n.

noun

n. [See BRASH, a., 2.] 1. A rash or eruption.

  1. Refuse boughs of trees; truck. Wright.
  2. (Geol.) Broken and angular fragments of rocks underlying alluvial deposits. Lyell.
  3. Broken fragments of ice. Kane.