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Brandish   /brˈændɪʃ/   Listen
verb
Brandish  v. t.  (past & past part. brandished; pres. part. brandishing)  
1.
To move or wave, as a weapon; to raise and move in various directions; to shake or flourish. "The quivering lance which he brandished bright."
2.
To play with; to flourish; as, to brandish syllogisms.


noun
Brandish  n.  A flourish, as with a weapon, whip, etc. "Brandishes of the fan."





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"Brandish" Quotes from Famous Books



... victim of the collie's attack was scrambling to his feet. So was Link Ferris. Sobered enough to recognize his beloved dog, he also saw the newrisen thief catch up a broken fence rail, brandish it aloft and charge upon the collie, who was still battling merrily ...
— His Dog • Albert Payson Terhune
... heart did glowing transport feel, To see a race[20] heroic wheel, And brandish round the deep-dy'd steel In sturdy blows; While back-recoiling seem'd to reel Their ...
— The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. • Robert Burns and Allan Cunningham
... hopes may quell, And cuckoo mingle with the thoughts of Bel."[37] At that loved name, with fury doubly keen, Fierce on the Deacon rush'd the raging Dean; Nor less the dauntless Deacon dare withstand The brandish'd weight of Toe's uplifted hand. [38]The ghost of themes departed, that, of yore, Disgraced alike, the Doctor praised or tore, On paper wings flit dimly through the night, And, hovering low in air, beheld the fight. Each ill-starr'd verse ...
— Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine--Vol. 54, No. 333, July 1843 • Various
... sped along, the three kept their eyes open and each presently armed himself with a fair-sized club. The wild man was running like a deer, pausing occasionally to turn and brandish his long arms at them savagely. They could see that his clothing was in tatters and that his hair and beard ...
— Dave Porter and the Runaways - Last Days at Oak Hall • Edward Stratemeyer
... more, by heaven I'll to the senate, And hang ye all, like dogs, in clusters. Why weep your coward swords half out their shells? Why do you not all brandish them like mine? You fear to die, and yet dare ...
— Venice Preserved - A Tragedy • Thomas Otway


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