v. t.
Nor bruise her flowerets with the armed hoofs. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To fight with the fists; to box. [ 1913 Webster ]
Bruising was considered a fine, manly, old English custom. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. An injury to the flesh of animals, or to plants, fruit, etc., with a blunt or heavy instrument, or by collision with some other body; a contusion;
From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises. Isa. i. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. suffering from emotional injury;
n.
big bruiser. R. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]
Like a new bruiser on Broughtonic sand,
Amid the lists our hero takes his stand. T. Warton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A plant supposed to heal bruises, as the true daisy, the soapwort, and the comfrey. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Cf. OF. debruisier to shatter, break. Cf. Bruise. ] (Her.) Surmounted by an ordinary;
The lion of England and the lilies of France without the baton sinister, under which, according to the laws of heraldry, they where debruised in token of his illegitimate birth. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To bruise sorely or exceedingly. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
All forbrosed, both back and side. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]