Wean·ling, a. & n. from Wean, v.
The weaning of the whelp is the great test of the skill of the kennel man. --J. H. Walsh.
Weaning brash. Med. See under Brash.
Brash, n.
1. A rash or eruption; a sudden or transient fit of sickness.
2. Refuse boughs of trees; also, the clippings of hedges. [Prov. Eng.]
3. Geol. Broken and angular fragments of rocks underlying alluvial deposits.
4. Broken fragments of ice.
Water brash Med., an affection characterized by a spasmodic pain or hot sensation in the stomach with a rising of watery liquid into the mouth; pyrosis.
Weaning brash Med., a severe form of diarrhea which sometimes attacks children just weaned.
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