Brook definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary BROOK, n. [Gr. to rain, to pour, to flow.] A small ... sense; but run is also applied to larger streams than brook. BROOK, v.t. [Gr. to eat, to grind the teeth.] Literally ... To bear; to endure; to support; as,young men cannot brook restraint. BROOK'-LIME, n. [brook and lime.] A plant, a species ...
KIDRON, THE BROOK definitions International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (nachal qidhron; in Joh 18 ... for at least some hundreds of yards. This was the "brook that flowed through the midst of the land" (2Ch 32 ... people passed over: the king also himself passed over the brook Kidron .... toward the way of the wilderness." The passing over this brook appears to have been viewed as the solemn abandonment of ... 2Ch 15:16, we read that Asa burnt at the brook Kidron "an abominable image for an Asherab" which Maacah, his ... temple of Yahweh" was carried by the Levites to the brook Kidron (2Ch 29:16); "All the altars for incense ...
brook trout definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a delicious freshwater food fish [syn: brook trout, speckled trout] 2: North American freshwater trout; introduced in Europe [syn: brook trout, speckled trout, Salvelinus fontinalis] Merriam Webster's noun Date ... for its flavor and its fighting qualities when hooked. The brook trout is a native of the NE U.S. and ... back and red and whitish spots on the body. The brook trout may weigh up to 6 lbs (3 kg). Some ... into the Eastern States. Japan, and other countries; -- called also brook trout, mountain trout, and golden trout. Rainbow wrasse. (Zo[" ...
BROOK OF EGYPT, THE definitions International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (nachal = "a ... does, both a stream and its valley). 1. Name: The Brook of Egypt is mentioned six times in the Old Testament ... 12); once, Ge 15:18, by another word, nahar. The Brook of Egypt was not an Egyptian stream at all, but ... the Wady el 'Arish of modern geography. 2. Description: The Brook of Egypt comes down from the plateau et Tih in ... every other stream mentioned, not except this desert stream, "the Brook of Egypt," is designated by one or other of two ... doubtful, not even saying ye'or for nachal of the "Brook of Egypt"? It is not art, but experience, in ...
WILLOWS, THE BROOK OF THE definitions International Standard Bible Encyclopedia Evidently mentioned as ... of Moab (Isa 15:7) and generally identified with the brook Zered. See BROOK; ZERED.
Ice brook definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Ice Ice ([imac]s), n ... are kept cool by means of ice; a refrigerator. Ice brook, a brook or stream as cold as ice. [Poetic] --Shak. Ice cream ...
Brook Farm (Institute of Agriculture and Education) definitions Britannica Concise Utopian ... organized in the U.S. in the mid-19th cent., Brook Farm is remembered for the distinguished literary figures and intellectual ...
brook fish definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Killifish Kil"li*fish ... usually striped or barred with black. Called also minnow, and brook fish. See Minnow.
Brook silversides definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Silversides Sil"ver*sides ... abundant. Called also silverside, sand smelt, friar, tailor, and tinker. Brook silversides (Zo["o]l.), a small fresh-water North American ...
brook runner definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Rail Rail, n. [F ... rail (Rallus aquaticus) is called also bilcock, skitty coot, and brook runner. The best known American species are the clapper rail ...