"Bruise" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH

In medical jurisprudence. A contusion; an injury upou the flesh of a per-son with a bluut or heavy instrument, with-out solution of coutinulty, or without break-ing the skin. Shadock v. Road Co., 79 Mich. 7, 44 N. W. 158; State v. owen, 5 N. C. 452, 4 Am. Dec. 571

To fight with the fists; to box.

To injure, as by a blow or collision, without
laceration; to contuse; as, to bruise one's finger with a hammer; to
bruise the bark of a tree with a stone; to bruise an apple by letting
it fall.

An injury to the flesh of animals, or to plants, fruit,
etc., with a blunt or heavy instrument, or by collision with some other
body; a contusion; as, a bruise on the head; bruises on fruit.

To break; as in a mortar; to bray, as minerals, roots,
etc.; to crush.