brash : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: brash	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for brash
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
brash adj offensively bold; "a brash newcomer disputed the age-old rules for admission to the club"; "a nervy thing to say" Synonym(s): brash, cheeky, nervy
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Brash \Brash\, a. [Cf. Gael. bras or G. barsch harsh, sharp, tart, impetuous, D. barsch, Sw. & Dan. barsk.] Hasty in temper; impetuous. --Grose.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Brash \Brash\, a. [Cf. Amer. bresk, brusk, fragile, brittle.] Brittle, as wood or vegetables. [Colloq., U. S.] --Bartlett.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Brash \Brash\, n. [See {Brash} brittle.] 1. A rash or eruption; a sudden or transient fit of sickness. 2. Refuse boughs of trees; also, the clippings of hedges. [Prov. Eng.] --Wright. 3. (Geol.) Broken and angular fragments of rocks underlying alluvial deposits. --Lyell. 4. Broken fragments of ice. --Kane. {Water brash} (Med.), an affection characterized by a spasmodic pain or hot sensation in the stomach with a rising of watery liquid into the mouth; pyrosis. {Weaning brash} (Med.), a severe form of diarrhea which sometimes attacks children just weaned.