Brush

Brush

Brush, (fr. brosse): the block-brush is perhaps the most important; it represents a bunch of the herb called knee-holm, or sometimes knee-holly(the knee-holy of monastic, and ruscus of modern botanists), used by butchers to clean their blocks, hence called butcher's broom. It is borne in the insignia of BUTCHERS' Company, q.v. under Slaughter-axe, but has often been drawn as a garbe or wheatsheaf.

The Besom is also found mentioned, and a flat-brush(such as is used by whitewashers) is borne in the arms of the PLASTERERS' Company. See Hammer.

Argent, on a chevron azure three brushes of the first--PENWALLIS.

Azure, two besoms in saltire or--BORSTON.

Argent, a chevron between three besoms gules--BROME.