underbrush

  • 41undergrowth — n 1. underbrush, underwood, underbush; brush, brushwood, scrub. See underbrush. 2. down, fluff, fuzz, peach fuzz, baby feathers, underlayer, Zool. undercoat, Bot., Zool. pubescence, Biol. lanugo, Bot. tomentum; pelage, fur, feathers, plumage,… …

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  • 42underwood — /ˈʌndəwʊd/ (say unduhwood) noun 1. shrubs or small trees growing under larger trees; underbrush. 2. a growth of underbrush. {under + wood1} …

  • 43brush — brush1 [brush] n. [ME brushe < OFr broce, brosse, bush, brushwood < VL * bruscia < Gmc * bruskaz, underbrush: for IE base see BREAST] 1. BRUSHWOOD ☆ 2. sparsely settled country, covered with wild scrub growth 3. a) a device having… …

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  • 44un|der|growth — «UHN duhr GROHTH», noun. 1. = underbrush. (Cf. ↑underbrush) 2. the shorter, finer hair underlying the outer hair of any one of various animals …

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  • 45un|der|wood — «UHN duhr WUD», noun. 1. = underbrush. (Cf. ↑underbrush) 2. a quantity or stretch of woody undergrowth …

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  • 46Bewilderment — Be*wil der*ment, n. 1. The state of being bewildered. [1913 Webster] 2. A bewildering tangle or confusion. [1913 Webster] He . . . soon lost all traces of it amid bewilderment of tree trunks and underbrush. Hawthorne. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 47Brush — (br[u^]sh), n. [OE. brusche, OF. broche, broce, brosse, brushwood, F. brosse brush, LL. brustia, bruscia, fr. OHG. brusta, brust, bristle, G. borste bristle, b[ u]rste brush. See {Bristle}, n., and cf. {Browse}.] 1. An instrument composed of… …

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  • 48Cover — Cov er (k?v ?r), n. 1. Anything which is laid, set, or spread, upon, about, or over, another thing; an envelope; a lid; as, the cover of a book. [1913 Webster] 2. Anything which veils or conceals; a screen; disguise; a cloak. Under cover of the… …

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  • 49Electrical brush — Brush Brush (br[u^]sh), n. [OE. brusche, OF. broche, broce, brosse, brushwood, F. brosse brush, LL. brustia, bruscia, fr. OHG. brusta, brust, bristle, G. borste bristle, b[ u]rste brush. See {Bristle}, n., and cf. {Browse}.] 1. An instrument… …

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  • 50Laund — (l[add]nd), n. [See {Lawn} of grass.] A plain sprinkled with trees or underbrush; a glade. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] In a laund upon an hill of flowers. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Through this laund anon the deer will come. Shak. [1913 Webster] …

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