Brandishing
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
The act of flourishing a weapon.
noun.
A corruption of
bratticing.
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verb.
Present participle of
brandish
.
noun.
the
action
of the verb to brandish
Word Usage
"The ashplant brandishing is as much satire as mythmaking, but it points up the deeply Romantic underpinnings of Ulysses."
verb-stem
brandish