and
'The morning hedger with his brishing-hook'. (62)
These two lines explain the word #brish#. _O.E.D._ gives _brish_ as
dialectal of _brush_, and so _E.D.D._ has the verb _to brush_ as dialect
for trimming a tree or hedge. Brush is a difficult homophone, and it
would be useful to have one of its derivative meanings separated off
as _brish_.
14. 'A hizzing dragonfly that daps
Above his mudded pond'. (28)
#Hizzing# is an old word now neglected. Shakespeare has
'To have a thousand with red burning spits
Come hizzing in upon 'em'.--_Lear_, III. vi. 17.
and there are other quotations in _O.E.D._
15. #Dap# is used again, 'the dapping moth'. (45.) This word is
well known to fishermen and fowlers, meaning 'to dip lightly and
suddenly into water' but is uncommon in literature.