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are now to Vic emptied and palTrd t'lroiKjIi a fieve in a tub of 

 watLf, by which the unoxydjitcd cupper will be feparatcd 

 from the pi;mtiit, which will pals into the water. Tfiis 

 being well w;:flied, and (loAly dried rii the (hade, is pure 

 Bninfvvick green. Three parts imiriat of ammonia, and 

 two of copper yield fix parts of t!ie jjreen. It is rarely, 

 however, that pure Brmilwick green is met with, as it is 

 larpfi'lv ndulteratcd with ccriitl'e. 



BRUNTRUT, or Fkukt v. \jt, in Ceogra/:hy. See Po- 

 re ntru. 



BRUNUS, in Bio^rnp/.'y, an Italian pbyfician and fnr- 

 geon of great name in his time, floiinnicd in the early part 

 ot the i^.th century, and is faid to have been intimate wit)i 

 Petrarch. He was author of " Chiuirgin JVIagna et Parva," 

 publiihcd at V'cnice in 14^0 in a coUedtion of chirurgical 

 trtatifcs, fol. which lias been fevcral times reprinted. The 

 Chirurgia is a compilation, taken from the Greek and Ara- 

 bian phylicians, principally fnim Albucalis, from whom he 

 defcribfs the operntion of cutting for the (lone in the blad- 

 der. In the fillula of the anus he recommends opening the 

 finufes, without which, we cannot, he lavs, be certain of 

 curing. Haller. Bib. Chirurg. Eloy Di.-t. Hill. 



BRUNUSEE, a town of Germany, in the duchy of 

 Stiri.i ; 12 miles W. of Rackefburg. 



BRUSA, a town of Turkey, in Afia, built by Priifias, 

 the friend of Hannibal. It is Ihil extenfive and populous, 

 but the ftreets are narrow. Many houfes are built fo much 

 againll the hill, that the upper rooms open into the gardens. 

 They reckon 70 mofques, but moll of them are ni^Ietted, 

 or abfolutely in ruins. The police is ecclefiaftic. The be- 

 ztftan is ample, and one of the klians is lingularly commodi- 

 ous. The iale of raw and manufailured lilks conllitutes its 

 commerce. 



BRUSA-SoRCi, in Biogrnphy. Sec Riccio. 

 BRUSCH, in Geography, a river of France, which runs 

 into the Rhine at Stralburg. It forms a canal by means of 

 Sluices fro.n Molfiieim. 



BRUSCIO, a town of SwilTerland, in the Valtelinc, 

 fiti;atcd near a river which diicharges itfelf into the Adda. 

 N. lat. 46'' 9'. E. long. 10° 3'. 



BRUSCUS, in Botany. Ger. See Ruscus. 

 BRUSEGANA, in Geography, a town of Italy, in the 

 Paduan; 4 miles W. N. W. of Padua. 



BRUSH, an aifemblage of hairs or hogs britlles, faftened 

 in the holes of a wooden handle or board, pierced for that 

 purpofe, and ferving to cleanfe divers bodies by rubbing 

 therewith. Of brnllics there are a round, a fiat, or fquare 

 brufh, cloaths-brulli, head-brufh, horfe-brufli, beard-brufli, 

 combbiufh, wcavers-brnfli, and the like. The manner of 

 making brufhes, is by folding ttie hair or briftle in two, and 

 bringing it by means of a pack-thread, or wire, engaged in 

 the fold, through the holes wherewith the wood is pierced all 

 over, or failened therein with glue or pitch. When the 

 holes are thus all filkd, they cut the ends of the hair to make 

 the furface even. 



BRus?i, Painter's. See Pencil. 



Brush, Sheernicn's, is made of wild boars' briftlep, and 

 ferves to lay the wool or nap of cloth, after flieeiing it for 

 the laft time. 



The fltfli-brufh is of ufe in medicine, efpecially in cafe 

 of rheumatifms, and certain cutaneous diforders. See Fric- 

 tion. 



The brufh is alfo applied to the foles of the feet of new- 

 born infants, when fainting, to find whether they be alive 

 or dead. 



Brush, in EleSrtc'itf, denotes the luminous appearance of 

 the elcitric matter, iffuing in a parcel of diverging rays, 

 from a point. Beccaria afcribes this appearance to the fwce 



B R U 



with which the eieiflric fluid, going out of a point, diVic'cs 

 the contiguous air, and pall'is throu^rh it to that which is 

 more remote. See Piute, Electricity. See Star. 



Brushes, ii'ire, arc ufed by filver-fmiths and gilders, for 

 fcrubbing filver, copper, or brafs pieces, in order to the gild- 

 ing of tlicm. 



There is a method of dying or colouring leather, per- 

 formed by only rubbiiig the colour of the (Ic.i with a bru(h. 

 This the French Icithtr-guilders called i;-«/^r/-; being ths 

 lowcll of all the forts of dye allowed by tluir llatutes. 



Brush of a fox, among Sporlfmen, fignifics his drag or 

 tail, the tip or end of which is called the chape. 



Brush iron-ore, fignifies a kii.d of ore iuU of Jlrix, re- 

 femhhng the hair <f a biulh. 



Brush is alfo ufed in Ip.aking of a Tnall thicket or cop- 

 p'ce. In this fenfe, the word is formed from ths; middle age 

 Latin Lriifda, brufcus, which figiiifics the fame. 



Brush-w^j./ denotes fmalltr IL-nder wo<.d or fpray. See 

 Brov/se. 



BRUSHING. Among JocUes, a brufhing gdlop de- 

 notes a bnflv one: a horfc ihuuld have his brulhiiig gallop in. 

 a morning before watering. 



BRUSINSKOI, in Geography, an ifland of Rnffia, in 

 the lake of Onezkoe ; 40 miUs S. E. of Petrovr,dfi<oi. 



BRUSKAU, a town of Poland, in the palatinate of 

 Braclaw ; 48 miles N. N. W. of Brachw. 



BRUSLEE Island, lies on the coaft of France, in the 

 Englifh channel, below the Seven Illands, and Laniun haven 

 and river. 



BRUS(!JUET, Le, a town of France, in the depart- 

 ment of the Lower Alps, and dillritt of Dignc ; 5 miles 

 N.N. E. ofDigne. 



BRUSSELS, in Latin Bruxellir. in Flemifh Bruxellas, a' 

 large and handioine tov.'n, annexed to France, b;ing the 

 chief place of the departmer.t de la Dyle. It was formeriy 

 the capital city of Brabunt, and of the Autlria!i N-therlands;. 

 where the governor-general held his court with all thtr 

 fpkndour of royalty. It is fituated partly on a hill and part- 

 ly in a vale, on the banks of the river Senne, which runs 

 through the town. Various etymologies are given to the 

 name of Bruffels : it has been derived from Brugge- Srnve,. 

 bridge on the Senne ; from Brugfl, hermitage bridge ; fcia 

 Broyfcll, a neft of fivans, on account of the number of tliofv; 

 birds found in the adjacent river and marfhes ; and from 

 Brojfa'dies, bufhes, it being formerly furrounded by woods. 

 It is highly probable that the ancient foreft of Ardennes 

 extended to this place ; and that the prefent foreft de Soigne 

 was part of it. Bruffels was not exilling in the 7th century. 

 It owes its origin to a little ifland formed by two branches 

 of the river, on which St. Gery, or Gangcrie, bifiiop of 

 Cambray, built a chapel and preached the gofpel to the 

 heathens who were feated in the vicinity ; he died in 619. 

 In 1044, ''^^ town, being confiderably enlargfd, was fur- 

 rounded by a wall, and fortified with towers, of which traces, 

 are ftiU remaining. A fecond, more extenlive incloinre, 

 took place in 1379, and now exifts, but the town extends- 

 itfelf far beyond ; fince many villages are become its fuburbs, 

 by a continuity of buildings and llrcets. BrufFcls is orna- 

 mented by many handlonie public llrudlnres. The princi- 

 pal church is collegiate, dedicated to St. Gudulc, and was 

 built in 104.7, ^^'^ rebuilt between 1226 and 1273. 1'he pa- 

 lace dilplay6 conliderable talle a;;d magnificence, and formerly 

 contained one of the moll beautiful chapels in Europe, v. hich 

 efcaped the great conflagration in 1 73 i, but was pulled dov.ii 

 in 1777 to make way for the tredlion of the new fquare called 

 Place Royale. The town-houfe. Or guild-hall, was built 

 in 1442 ; it has a lleeple 36.). feet high, fiirmounted by a 

 coloffal ilatue, 17 feet high, of St. Michael with the dragon 



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