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An instrument composed of bristles, or other like material, set in a suitable back or handle, as of wood, bone, or ivory, and used for various purposes, as in removing dust from clothes, laying on colors, etc. Brushes have different shapes and names according to their use; as, clothes brush, paint brush, tooth brush, etc.
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An instrument for ascertaining the weight and length of a newborn infant.
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An instrument for determining the amount of fatty matter or butter contained in a sample of milk.
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An instrument for determining the weight or pressure of the atmosphere, and hence for judging of the probable changes of weather, or for ascertaining the height of any ascent.
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An instrument for measuring depths, esp. one for taking soundings without a sounding line.
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An instrument for measuring the bleaching power of chloride of lime and potash; a chlorometer.
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An instrument for recording automatically the variations of atmospheric pressure.
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An instrument formerly used for taking the altitude of the heavenly bodies, but now superseded by the quadrant and sextant; -- so called because the observer turned his back to the body observed.
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