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  • 21Brook Jacoby — Infobox MLB retired bgcolor1=#023465 bgcolor2=#990000 textcolor1=white textcolor2=white name=Brook Jacoby width=250 position=Third baseman birthdate=birth date and age|1959|11|23 bats=Right throws=Right debutdate=September 13 debutyear=1981… …

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  • 22brook — [[t]br ʊk[/t]] brooks, brooking, brooked 1) N COUNT A brook is a small stream. 2) VERB If someone in a position of authority will brook no interference or opposition, they will not accept any interference or opposition from others. [V n] The… …

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  • 23brook — 1 noun (C) a small stream: a babbling brook 2 verb not brook sth/brook no sth formal to not allow or accept something: He would brook no interruptions from subordinates …

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  • 24brook — I. /brʊk / (say brook) noun 1. a small, natural stream of fresh water. 2. WA a creek: this brook is dry for most of the year. {Middle English; Old English brōc stream, related to German Bruch marsh} II. /brʊk / (say brook) verb (t) (usually in a… …

  • 25brook — I [[t]brʊk[/t]] n. a small natural stream of fresh water • Etymology: bef. 900; ME; OE brōc, c. MLG brōk, OHG bruoh marsh brook′like , adj. II brook [[t]brʊk[/t]] v. t. to bear; suffer; tolerate: I will brook no interference[/ex] • Etymology: bef …

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  • 26Brook silversides — Silversides Sil ver*sides , n. (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of several species of small fishes of the family {Atherinid[ae]}, having a silvery stripe along each side of the body. The common species of the American coast ({Menidia notata}) is very abundant …

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  • 27Brook, New Forest, Hampshire — Infobox UK place official name= Brook country= England map type= Southampton region= South East England shire county= Hampshire shire district= New Forest civil parish=Bramshaw static static image caption= latitude= 50.924706 longitude= 1.610822… …

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  • 28brook — {{11}}brook (n.) small stream, O.E. broc flowing stream, torrest, of obscure origin, probably from P.Gmc. *broka which yielded words in German (Bruch) and Dutch (broek) that have a sense of marsh. In Sussex and Kent, it means water meadow, and in …

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  • 29brook fish — Killifish Kil li*fish , n. (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of several small American cyprinodont fishes of the genus {Fundulus} and allied genera. They live equally well in fresh and brackish water, or even in the sea. They are usually striped or barred with… …

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  • 30brook trout — Rainbow Rain bow (r[=a]n b[=o] ), n. [AS. regenboga, akin to G. regenbogen. See {Rain}, and {Bow} anything bent.] A bow or arch exhibiting, in concentric bands, the several colors of the spectrum, and formed in the part of the hemisphere opposite …

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