BRUSH

n. Bru®sh. Lat., peni cill us, peniculus. Fr., bro e. Ger., Biirste, Bors tenpin sel. A collection of bristles or other similar shaft-like objects properly set in the form of an implement for rubbing articles or for applying liquids.—Acid-b. A b. made of fine threads of gla , u: for applying acids. -shaped. Lat., aspergilli form is. Slender and terminating in a tuft of long hairs. B, 19.]|—Croup-b. A b. for removing false membrane from the larynx and trachea. A form described by Sir M. Mackenzie is made of a piece of squirrel’s tail attached, with the hairs Saari upward, to a curved handle of thick wire, [A, 418.|—Electric b., Faradaic b. Fr., bro e électrique. A wire b. to be used as an electrode.—Laryngeal b. A b. of soft hair, cut square or pointed, attached to a handle bent at a right angle near the armed end: used for applying solutions within the larynx. [A, 418.|—Metallic b. See Faradaic b.—Pharyngeal b. A camel's-hair pencil attached to a straight handle; used for making applications to the pharynx. [A, 418.]—Stomach-b. Lat., excutia ventriculi. Ab. to be pa ed through the cesophagus into the stomach, to stimulate the stomach and a ist the discharge of viscid mucus. [L, 97-]—Terminal b. See Motor END-PLATE.