bruise (n.)
bruise (v.)
- abuse
- aggrieve
- anguish
- bash
- batter
- beat
- black
- blemish
- blotch
- buffet
- bump
- bung
- contuse
- cut
- damage
- discolor
- grieve
- harm
- hurt
- ill-treat
- ill-use
- injure
- maltreat
- manhandle
- mark
- mash
- maul
- mishandle
- mistreat
- molest
- mouse
- outrage
- pain
- pierce
- pound
- prick
- pulp
- rough
- savage
- scrape
- scratch
- spot
- squash
- stab
- sting
- welt
- wound
And telling me, the sovereign'st thing on earth
Was parmaceti for an inward bruise;
And that it was great pity, so it was,
This villanous saltpetre should be digg'd
Out of the bowels of the harmless earth,
Which many a good tall fellow had destroy'd
So cowardly; and but for these vile guns,
He would himself have been a soldier.
