Hypertext Webster Gateway: "brook"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Brook
a torrent. (1.) Applied to small streams, as the Arnon, Jabbok,
etc. Isaiah (15:7) speaks of the "book of the willows," probably
the Wady-el-Asha. (2.) It is also applied to winter torrents
(Job 6:15; Num. 34:5; Josh. 15:4, 47), and to the torrent-bed or
wady as well as to the torrent itself (Num. 13:23; 1 Kings
17:3). (3.) In Isa. 19:7 the river Nile is meant, as rendered in
the Revised Version.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Brook \Brook\, n. [OE. brok, broke, brook, AS. br[=o]c; akin to
D. broek, LG. br[=o]k, marshy ground, OHG. pruoh, G. bruch
marsh; prob. fr. the root of E. break, so as that it
signifies water breaking through the earth, a spring or
brook, as well as a marsh. See {Break}, v. t.]
A natural stream of water smaller than a river or creek.
The Lord thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land
of brooks of water. --Deut. viii.
7.
Empires itself, as doth an inland brook Into the main
of waters. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Brook \Brook\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Brooked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Brooking}.] [OE. broken, bruken, to use, enjoy, digest, AS.
br?can; akin to D. gebruiken to use, OHG. pr?hhan, G.
brauchen, gebrauchen, Icel. br?ka, Goth. br?kjan, and L.
frui, to enjoy. Cf. {Fruit}, {Broker}.]
1. To use; to enjoy. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
2. To bear; to endure; to put up with; to tolerate; as, young
men can not brook restraint. --Spenser.
Shall we, who could not brook one lord, Crouch to
the wicked ten? --Macaulay.
3. To deserve; to earn. [Obs.] --Sir J. Hawkins.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
brook
n : a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a
tributary of a river); "the creek dried up every summer"
[syn: {creek}]
v : put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear
his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure
a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate
the heat" [syn: {endure}, {stomach}, {bear}, {stand}, {tolerate},
{support}, {abide}, {suffer}, {put up}]
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