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an implement consisting of bristles, hair or the like, set in or attached to a handle, used for painting; a painteṛs brush.
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a stick attached with a brush at one end, used by weavers.
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a container made of a substance that can resist great heat, for melting, fusing metals, as gold, silver etc.; a crucible.
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a rod used by goldsmiths for turning the fire up.
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a piece of cord or tape or a thin bundle of threads, in an oil lamp that absorbs fuel by capillary attraction and, when lighted burns with a small, steady flame; a wick.
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a bed made by filling with cotton or downs of birds.
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cotton or downs used for this purpose.