Both Uses of
brandish
in
Macbeth
- But all's too weak; For brave Macbeth,—well he deserves that name,— Disdaining fortune, with his brandish'd steel, Which smok'd with bloody execution, Like valor's minion, Carv'd out his passag tTill he fac'd the slave; And ne'er shook hands, nor bade farewell to him, Till he unseam'd him from the nave to the chaps, And fix'd his head upon our battlements.†
Scene 1.2 *
- — But swords I smile at, weapons laugh to scorn, Brandish'd by man that's of a woman born.†
Scene 5.7
Definition:
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(brandish) the act of waving something or exhibiting it aggressively