brash2 (brash)

[Hardly connected, as supposed, with Icel. breysk - leikr, weakne of body, 663 cal, Eng.] -3. Acidity in the mouth occasioned by a disordered stomach. Also called water brash. Weaning brash, a severe form of diarrhea which sometimes follows weaning. brash3 (brash), a. [Cf. E. dial. (North.) bra ish, brittle; prob., with some alteration of form (perhaps by confusion with brash1, n., 4), a.; but