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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

brash1 / brash/ • adj. self-assertive in a rude, noisy, or overbearing way: he could be brash, cocky, and arrogant. ∎  strong, energetic, or irreverent: I like brash, vibrant flavors. ∎  (of a place or thing) having an ostentatious or tasteless appearance: the cafe was a brash new building. DERIVATIVES: brash·ly adv. brash·ness n. brash2 • n. a mass of fragments, in particular: ∎  loose broken ice.

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Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms | 1985 | Copyright

Brash

a mass of fragments or debris; a sudden outburst of rain.

Examples: brash of bitter waters, 1856; of hedge clippings; of ice, 1837; of rain, 1849; of twigs; of stone; of wooing, 1724.
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A Dictionary of Ecology | 2004 | | Copyright

brash A forester's term, meaning to cut off the lower branches of young trees, especially conifers, in plantations.
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A Dictionary of Plant Sciences | 1998 | | Copyright

brash A foresters' term, meaning to cut off the lower branches of young trees, especially conifers, in plantations.
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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

brash brittle XVI; rash, impetuous XIX; ‘raw’, showy XX; of unkn. orig.
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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

brash •abash, ash, Ashe, bash, brash, cache, calash, cash, clash, crash, dash, encash, flash, gash, gnash, hash, lash, mash, Nash, panache, pash, plash, rash, sash, slash, smash, soutache, splash, stash, thrash, trash •earbash • kurbash • calabash •slapdash • pebbledash • balderdash •spatterdash • backlash • backslash •whiplash • eyelash • goulash •newsflash • thunderflash • mishmash •gatecrash • Midrash • potash •succotash

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