brashes

Noun (1)

brash (countable and uncountable, plural brashes)

1. A rash or eruption; a sudden or transient fit of sickness.
2. A sudden burst of rain.
3. (obsolete) An attack or assault.

Noun (2)

brash (countable and uncountable, plural brashes)

1. Leaf litter of small leaves and little twigs as found under a hedge.
2. Broken and angular rock fragments underlying alluvial deposits.
   • Alluvium differs from the rubble or brash, just described, as being composed of sand and gravel, more or less rolled1839, Sir Charles Lyell, Elements of Geology
3. Broken fragments of ice.
   • The sea dashed in an angry surf over its inclined sides, rattling the icy fragments or “brash” against its irregular surface1853, Elisha Kent Kane, The U. S. Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin

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