[f. BRUSH sb.2 + -Y1.] Brush-like; bushy, shaggy.

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1673.  Grew, Anat. Roots, I. i. § 7. Roots … neither Ramifi’d, nor yet Brushy, or divided at the Top into severall small Strings.

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1687.  Lond. Gaz., No. 2273/4. Lost … Setting Dog … a black Ear, and a long brushy Tail.

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1835.  Fraser’s Mag., XI. 141. His hair was … thick and brushy.

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  b.  Comb., as brushy-looking.

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1882.  Garden, 29 April, 286/2. Brushy-looking white blooms.

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