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Paintbrush   /pˈeɪntbrˌəʃ/   Listen
Paintbrush

noun
1.
A brush used as an applicator (to apply paint).



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"Paintbrush" Quotes from Famous Books



... enterprise was this. The clean cut made into the bow of the ship by the collision was soon repaired. The crop of oysters with which she was incrusted gave place to the scraper and the paintbrush. The Wolf came out of the dock to the satisfaction both of the owners and underwriters; and she was soon "ready for the road," nothing the worse for her ...
— Men of Invention and Industry • Samuel Smiles
... Titan was the aggressor she would certainly destroy the other craft, even at half-speed, and perhaps damage her own bows; while at full speed, she would cut her in two with no more damage to herself than a paintbrush could remedy. In either case, as the lesser of two evils, it was best that the smaller hull should suffer. A third reason was that, at full speed, she could be more easily steered out of danger, and a fourth, that in case of an end-on collision with an iceberg—the only thing afloat ...
— The Wreck of the Titan - or, Futility • Morgan Robertson


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