[f. prec.] An act of brandishing; a flourish or wave (of a weapon).
1599. B. Jonson, Cynthia’s Rev., V. x. I can wound with a Brandish.
1709. Addison, Tatler, No. 157, ¶ 11. Tosses of the Head, and Brandishes of the Fan.
1816. Byron, Siege of Cor., xxii. The reply was the brandish of sabre and spear.
