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▪ I. bruising, vbl. n.|ˈbruːzɪŋ|
[f. bruise v.]
1. Crushing or damaging with a heavy blow; also (obs.) breaking in pieces, breaking; also fig.
1382Wyclif Ps. cv[i]. 30 And Fynees stod and pleside; and the brosing [Vulg. quassatio] ceside. c1460Towneley Myst. 172 For bryssyng of youre bonys. 1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 58 b, Kepe the rule of holy obedyence hole and sounde, without crasynge or brusynge. 1664Evelyn Kal. Hort. (1729) 219 To prevent bruising by Wind-falls..lay some Straw under your Fruit-Trees.
†b. concr. A broken piece, a fragment. Obs.
1382Wyclif Isa. xxx. 14 Ther shal not be founde of his brosingus [1388 gobetis] a shord.
2. Fighting with the fists, boxing.
1780in Wilberforce's Life (1838) I. 14 He is a fine fellow if you come to bruising. 1854Thackeray Newcomes I. 101 Bruising was considered a fine manly old English custom. 1881Blackmore Maid of Sk. 163 He had held the belt for seven years, for wrestling as well as for bruising.
3. Comb., as bruisingwise adv.; bruising-match, a boxing-match, prize-fight.
1575Banister Chyrurg. ii. (1585) 263 If it be brusingwise doone, we call it a contused wounde, or Ecchymosis. 1794Wolcott (P. Pindar) Rowl. for Oliver Wks. II. 402 It would wear the aspect of a bruising-match.
▪ II. bruising, ppl. a.
[see -ing2.]
That bruises.
1578Lyte Dodoens i. i. 3 Brusing or shyvering coldes. 1594Shakes. Rich. III, v. iii. 110 Put in their hands thy bruising Irons of wrath. 1874Boutell Arms & Arm. vii. 121 Seriously injured by the bruising effect of the blow.
b. Hunting slang. See bruise v. 7.
1872Anteros xvi. 142 A fair, though by no means bruising rider to hounds. |