Both Uses of
brandish
in
Macbeth
- But all's too weak;
For brave Macbeth (well he deserves that name),
Disdaining fortune, with his brandished steel,
Which smoked with bloody execution,
Like valor's minion, carved out his passage
Till he faced the slave;
And ne'er shook hands, nor bade farewell to him,
Till he unseamed him from the nave to the chaps,
And fixed his head upon our battlements.†p. 9.7brandished = waved or exhibited aggressively
- But swords I smile at, weapons laugh to scorn,
Brandished by man that's of a woman born.†p. 183.4 *
Definition:
the act of waving something or exhibiting it aggressively