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Ichorous vs Frush - What's the difference?

ichorous | frush |

As adjectives the difference between ichorous and frush

is that ichorous is resembling or relating to ichor while frush is easily broken; brittle; crisp.

As a verb frush is

(obsolete|transitive) to break up, smash.

As a noun frush is

(obsolete) noise; clatter; crash or frush can be the frog of a horse's foot.

ichorous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Resembling or relating to ichor.

    • frush

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) fruissier, (froissier) ( > French froisser), from .

    Verb

    (es)
  • (obsolete) To break up, smash.
  • * 1600 , Edward Fairfax, The Jerusalem Delivered of Tasso, Book VIII, xlviii:
    • Rinaldo's armor frush'd and hack'd they had,
  • *:: Oft pierced through, with blood besmeared new.
  • * 1602 , ,
    • ... I like thy armour well;
    I'll frush it and unlock the rivets all
    But I'll be master of it.
  • (obsolete) To charge, rush violently.
  • * 1485 , Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur , Book V:
    • And than they fruyshed forth all at onys, of the bourelyest knyghtes that ever brake brede, with mo than fyve hondred at the formyst frunte [...].
  • (historical) To straighten up (the feathers on an arrow).

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Easily broken; brittle; crisp.

    • Noun

  • (obsolete) noise; clatter; crash
    • (Southey)

    Etymology 2

    Compare Old English frosch, (frosk), a frog (the animal), (etyl) .

    Noun

    (es)
  • The frog of a horse's foot.
  • A discharge of a foetid or ichorous matter from the frog of a horse's foot; thrush.
    • (Webster 1913) ----