BRUISE, BRUISED, BRUISING
ADJECTIVES
1611 — BATTERABLE that can be bruised or battered by beating
1656 — OBTRITE bruised, worn; trodden under foot → obs.
1798 — CONTUSIVE producing contusion, bruising → obs.
1844 — BEAT bruised with walking or hard work → Eng. dial.
1856 — BASHED bruised, dinted → Eng. dial.
1856 — BIRSED bruised, crushed by a blow → Eng. dial.
1898 — BATTERFANGED bruised, beaten, scratched → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1898 — BET bruised, beaten → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1949 — WHELTED bruised → Amer. dial.
NOUNS
1477 — FROUSSHURE a bruise, a contusion → obs.
1500 — STROKE the mark left by a blow; a bruise, wound, cut → obs.
1533 — WAN a bruise; a dark or livid mark produced by a blow → Sc. obs.
1592 — BATTERY a bruise or wound; a mark of beating → obs.
1623 — SUGGILLATION — SUGILLATION a bruise; a beating black and blue → obs.
1638 — OBTRITION a bruising or wearing away against anything → obs.
..18C — BRUZZ a bruise → Eng. dial.
1768 — SAIR a bruise; a sore; a wound → Sc.
1811 — RAINBOW a discoloured bruise → boxing sl.
1842 — MOUSE a bruise → US sl.
1848 — WHELK a bruise, a welt; a pustule, a pimple; a bump on the skin → Amer. dial.
1883 — DEAD MAN’S PINCHES small discoloured marks on the skin; black and blue spots on one’s skin that one cannot account for → Ireland & Amer. dial.
1889 — YETHER a discolouration of the skin caused by a blow → Eng. dial.
1895 — GOOZEY-GEN a small black spot caused by a pinch or bruise; a blood-blister → Eng. dial.
1895 — GWIDGEY-GWEE — GWIDGY-GWEE a small black spot caused by a bruise or pinch → Eng. dial.
1895 — WHELP a bruise; a welt; a bump on the skin, as from a mosquito bite → Amer. dial.
1911 — BIRSE a bruise, contusion; pressure, a squeeze → Sc. (Bk.)
1913 — STONE BRUISE a bruise on the sole of the foot → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1921 — STRAWBERRY a bruise or sore, esp. one caused by friction with the ground → N. Amer. colloq.
1923 — HICKEY a bruise or bump resulting from a sharp blow → Amer. dial.
1940 — FAT LIP a bruise; the result of a blow → sl.
1954 — BAT-EYE a bruise near the eye → Amer. dial.
1967 — OWIE a bruise or minor injury → Amer. dial.
1982 — BATTLE SCAR a bruise on the skin caused by sucking → Hawaiian youth usage
1982 — MUFFLER BURN a bruise on the skin caused by sucking → Hawaiian youth usage
PHRASES
1905 — ALL OF A QUOB used of a bad bruise → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
VERBS
1000 — TO-BRUISE to bruise severely; to crush to pieces, to smash → obs.
1300 — THRING to bruise, to crush; to press together, to squeeze, to compress → obs.
1325 — BATTER to beat continuously and violently so as to bruise and shatter
1430 — CRAZE to batter with blows, to bruise, to crush, to damage → obs.
1450 — HATTER to bruise with blows; to batter the edge or face of, to erode → obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
1530 — POMMEL to beat or pound, esp. with the fists; to thump; to bruise
1623 — SUGGILLATE — SUGILLATE to bruise, to beat black and blue → obs.
1630 — BATTERFANG to beat continuously and violently so as to bruise and shatter → obs. exc. Eng. & Amer. dial.
1654 — CONTUND to bruise by beating, to pound or thrash
1663 — SUGGILL — SUGILL to bruise, to beat black and blue → obs.
1750 — BRUZZ to bruise, to batter, to break the skin → Eng. dial.
1785 — MELT to bruise, to knock; to make a person or animal sink suddenly under a blow to the side → Sc.
1787 — MELL to bruise, to pound, to beat severely → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1790 — MANG to bruise, to crush; to overpower → Sc. & Eng. dial.
..19C — DAMMISH to bruise the surface of by a knock, as with an apple, etc. → Sc.
..19C — DUMMOCK to bruise, to knock about → Eng. dial.
1825 — GRUZZLE to bruise, to press together → Sc.
1827 — HASH to bruise, to ill-treat → Sc.
1847 — MODGE to crush, to bruise → Eng. dial.
1850 — CRAB to break or bruise → Eng. dial.
1854 — DINGE to bruise, to indent, to knock in → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1866 — MOLLYCRUSH to crush; to beat to a jelly; to bruise; to pulverize → Eng. dial.
1895 — MANCH to bruise, to mash, to bruise, to crush to a pulp; to beat up → Eng. dial.
1898 — BEMAUL to bruise or soil by fighting or rough play → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — MOLLIFY to bruise, to beat → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1910 — MARK UP to bruise; to leave scars after a fight → sl.
1911 — BIRSE to bruise, to crush, to squeeze, force, to press → Sc. (Bk.)
1911 — BRASH to bruise, to assault; to break bones → Sc. (Bk.)
1967 — BLUE to bruise, to turn blue when bruised → Amer. dial.