Brush (disambiguation)

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A brush is a device with bristles, wire or other filaments used for cleaning, grooming, painting, etc. It is also used to describe the tail of a fox.

Brush may also refer to:

Contents 1 Brushes 2 Places 3 Plants 4 Manufacturing 5 People with the surname Brush 6 Other uses

[edit] Brushes

• Hairbrush
• Toothbrush
• Brush (electric), a part used to conduct electricity to the moving part of a device
• Toilet brush
• Pastry brush, aka basting brush
• Drum brush, a type of drum stick used for smoother playing

[edit] Places

• Brush, Colorado, US
• Brush Creek, common town and river name

[edit] Plants

• Indian Paintbrush, flower
• Grassland
• Rough, the area outside the fairway in golf

[edit] Manufacturing

• Brush Engineered Materials, metal manufacturing company
• Brush Motor Car Company, defunct US auto company
• Brush Traction, UK locomotive manufacturer
• Brush Turbogenerators, holding company for a generator manufacturer
• Brush Electrical Machines, UK generator manufacturer
• Brush HMA, Dutch generator manufacturer
• Brush SEM, Czech generator manufacturer

[edit] People with the surname Brush

• Charles F. Brush (1849-1929), US inventor
• George de Forest Brush (1855-1941), US painter
• George Jarvis Brush (1831-1912), US mineralogist
• Henry Brush (1778–1855), US legislator
• Jared M. Brush (1814–1895), Mayor of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• John T. Brush (1845-1912), US sports executive
• Katharine Brush (1902-1952), US author
• Paul Brush (born 1958), English footballer
• Richard Brush (born 1984), English footballer

[edit] Other uses

• Rufe Brush, fictional squirrel from the Redwall series
• Basil Brush, fictional fox on British TV
• Ben Brush (1893-1918), US racehorse
• Brush!?, Japanese psychedelic rock band
• In videogame design, a brush is a convex piece of geometry.