water brash
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of water brash
First recorded in 1795–1805
Example Sentences
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The result is a coarse, pasty mass of almost raw oatmeal, an extremely indigestible compound, the use of which causes water brash.
From Science in the Kitchen. by Kellogg, Mrs. E. E.
There is a disease that afflicts many frontier people, called by some "sick stomach," by others, "water brash," from its symptoms of sudden nausea, with vomiting, especially after meals.
From A New Guide for Emigrants to the West by Peck, John Mason
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