Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A brush designed for rubbing the surface of the body to excite action in it by friction.
Examples
“They likewise made use of the instrument called strigil, which was a kind of flesh-brush; a custom to which Persius alludes in this line,”
“Then he was battered to and fro as a rat is shaken by a dog -- to and fro on the floor, up and down, and round in great circles, but his eyes were red and he held on as the body cartwhipped over the floor, upsetting the tin dipper and the soap-dish and the flesh-brush, and banged against the tin side of the bath.”
“After being steeped in water for a few minutes, if the water be violently agitated, or if the _gogo_ be rubbed between the hands in the water, a white foam is produced, which exactly resembles soap bubbles, and assists the purification of the skin even better than soap does, being assisted by the fibres of the root, which are usually made to do the duty of a flesh-brush in the bath.”
Recollections of Manilla and the Philippines During 1848, 1849 and 1850
“Nothing improves the complexion like the daily use of the flesh-brush.”
“The flesh-brush should be vigorously applied to all parts of the body, after which the skin must be carefully dried with Turkish or huck-a-back towels.”
“Whether soap be used or not, it is well to apply the flesh-brush gently to the face and vigorously to the whole body.”
“It is well to use a flesh-brush, and afterwards rinse off the soap-suds by briskly rubbing the body with a pair of coarse toilet gloves.”
Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889
“Wash the face with a flesh-brush, and rub the lips well to tone their color.”
Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889
“Then he was battered to and fro as a rat is shaken by a dog -- to and fro on the floor, up and down, and round in great circles; at his eyes were red, and he held on as the body cart-whipped over the floor, upsetting the tin dipper and the soap-dish and the flesh-brush, and banged against the tin side of the bath.”
The Kipling Reader Selections from the Books of Rudyard Kipling
“Then he was battered to and fro as a rat is shaken by a dog -- to and fro on the floor, up and down, and round in great circles; but his eyes were red, and he held on as the body cartwhipped over the floor, upsetting the tin dipper and the soap-dish and the flesh-brush, and banged against the tin side of the bath.”
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ruzuzu I was intrigued by the other instrument in the third example:
"It is well to use a flesh-brush, and afterwards rinse off the soap-suds by briskly rubbing the body with a pair of coarse toilet gloves."
— Burroughs Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 Feb 24, 2011
yarb Everything has some frictional value. Feb 24, 2011
ruzuzu I can't believe it's not listed yet. Feb 24, 2011