brash
adjective
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Pronunciation: /ˈbɹæʃ/ / [ˈbɹʷæʃ]
adj
Etymology: Compare American English bresk, brusk (“fragile, brittle”).
- Brittle (said e.g. of wood or vegetables).
“Hickory axles […] all cut from tough butt logs. Brash timber is excluded.”
“Brash wood, when tested in bending, breaks with a short, sharp fracture instead of developing a splintering failure and absorbs a comparatively small amount of work between the elastic limit and final failure”
name
Etymology: Two main origins: * Scottish surname; probably from brash, a nickname for an impetuous person. * Americanized spelling of German Braasch.
- A surname.
noun
Etymology: Compare American English bresk, brusk (“fragile, brittle”).
- Leaf litter of small leaves and little twigs as found under a hedge.
- 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 rolled”
- Broken fragments of ice.
“The sea dashed in an angry surf over its inclined sides, rattling the icy fragments or “brash” against its irregular surface”
verb
Etymology: Uncertain. Perhaps from Scots brash, brasch (“a violent onset; an attack or assault”). Perhaps also related to Dutch bars (“stern; strict”), German barsch (“harsh; unfriendly”), Danish barsk (“harsh; rough; tough”), Swedish barsk (“harsh; impetuous”).
- To disturb.