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Webster 1913 Edition
Brunt
Brunt
(brŭnt)
, Noun.
1.
The heat, or utmost violence, of an onset; the strength or greatest fury of any contention;
as, the
. brunt
of a battle2.
The force of a blow; shock; collision.
“And heavy brunt of cannon ball.” Hudibras.
It is instantly and irrecoverably scattered by our first
brunt
with some real affair of common life. I. Taylor.
Webster 1828 Edition
Brunt
BRUNT
,Noun.
1.
The heat, or utmost violence of an onset; the strength or violence of any contention; as the brunt of a battle.2.
The force of a blow; violence; shock of any kind.3.
A sudden effort.