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▪ I. brushy, a.1|ˈbrʌʃɪ| [f. brush n.1 + -y1.] Clothed or covered with ‘brush’ or brushwood.
1719London & Wise Compl. Gard. xxix, The Elms..must be good Brushy Trees from Top to Bottom. 1874Coues Birds N.-W. 145 It frequents brushy hilltops. 1882Century Mag. June 211 The wren Comes..from its brushy den. ▪ II. ˈbrushy, a.2 [f. brush n.2 + -y1.] Brushlike; bushy, shaggy.
1673Grew Anat. Roots i. i. §7 Roots..neither Ramifi'd, nor yet Brushy, or divided at the Top into severall small Strings. 1687Lond. Gaz. No. 2273/4 Lost..Setting Dog..a black Ear, and a long brushy Tail. 1835Fraser's Mag. XI. 141 His hair was..thick and brushy. b. Comb., as brushy-looking.
1882Garden 29 Apr. 286/2 Brushy-looking white blooms. |