Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A brush used in sizing book-covers of leather or cloth after blanking or tooling, and preparatory to gilding.

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Examples

  • “On me, on me,” Sarah Swanson urgently instructed her camera operator, who complied by swinging the lens to her as she attempted to finger-brush her windswept hair.

    Monolith John Passarella 2004

  • “On me, on me,” Sarah Swanson urgently instructed her camera operator, who complied by swinging the lens to her as she attempted to finger-brush her windswept hair.

    Monolith John Passarella 2004

  • After removing your curlers, carefully finger-brush hair to separate and define each curl, advises Garrison.

    Lead Stories from AOL 2008

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