Brush is a device with hair, bristle, wire, or fiber set in a handle or in a round hub that attaches to a power tool. Commonly used brushes include hairbrushes, toothbrushes, and paintbrushes.
Most brush handles are made of wood, metal, or plastic. Hairs come from horses, camels, badgers, and other animals. Bristles come from hogs, and wires are made chiefly of steel. Artificial bristles are made of nylon or other plastics. Brushes are also made of such natural fibers as tampico and palmetto. Artemus Woodward manufactured the first brushes in the United States in Medfield, Massachusetts, in 1808.
