bruised, ppl. a.
(bruːzd)
[f. as prec. + -ed1.]
1. Hurt or damaged by a heavy blow; contused; with skin crushed and discoloured. (Formerly in stronger sense.)
| 1388 Wyclif Matt. xii. 20 A brisid [1382 schaken] rehed he shal not breke. c 1450 Lonelich Grail xxvii. 94 A ful wery and abrosed Manne. 1573 Tusser Husb. (1878) 32 Forget it not Fruit brused will rot. 1727 De Foe Eng. Tradesm. (1841) I. vi. 44 Like an old invalid soldier out of the wars, maimed, bruised, and sick. 1884 G. Allen Strange Stories 85 The bruised and livid face of the old parson. |
| fig. 1604 Shakes. Oth. i. iii. 219, I neuer yet did heare That the bruized heart was pierc'd through the eares. 1642 Milton Apol. Smect. (1851) 297 The brused consciences of so many Christians. |
b. Of blood: Extravasated.
Obs. or
dial.| 1579 Langham Gard. Health (1633) 113 Bruses and brused bloud, stampe Nep leaues with salt and apply them. Mod.Sc. Briz'd bluid. |
2. Crushed, battered, dinted.
| 1590 Spenser F.Q. i. xi. 14 Often bounding on the brused gras. 1599 Shakes. Hen. V, v. Prol. 18 His bruised Helmet and his bended Sword. c 1650 in Rushw. Hist. Coll. iii. (1692) I. 77 A bruised Ship-wrackt Vessel, full of Leaks. 1840 Hood Up Rhine 44 Oh it's the beautiful brass pail..and how it's all bruised and battered. |
3. Crushed small, brayed, pounded.
| 1382 [see bruise v. 4]. c 1420 Pallad. on Husb. i. 679 Bresed whete and breses longe. 1664 Evelyn Kal. Hort. (1729) 194 Those [birds] who feed on bruised seeds. |