1706. E. Coles, Eng. Dict. Brush, c., run away.
1764. A. Murphy, No One’s Enemy but his Own, Act ii. Rascal, says
my Master, do as I bid you, and so off he brushed to the tune of an
old song.
1776. Foote, Bankrupt, I. But I must brush off, for here comes my
lady.
1837. Barham, Ingoldsby Legends (1877), 204. And one Sergeant
Matcham had brush’d with the dibs.
1837. Barham, I. L. (Dead Drummer). One of their drummers, and one
Sergeant Matcham, Had brush’d with the dibs, and they never could
catch’em.
Brusher, subs. (old).—A full glass.