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(1):

(v. i.) To fight with the fists; to box.

(2):

(v. t.) To break; as in a mortar; to bray, as minerals, roots, etc.; to crush.

(3):

(v. t.) To injure, as by a blow or collision, without laceration; to contuse; as, to bruise one's finger with a hammer; to bruise the bark of a tree with a stone; to bruise an apple by letting it fall.

(4):

(n.) An injury to the flesh of animals, or to plants, fruit, etc., with a blunt or heavy instrument, or by collision with some other body; a contusion; as, a bruise on the head; bruises on fruit.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Bruise'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​b/bruise.html. 1828.
 
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