Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An ancient circular building or round tower such as exist in Scotland and the adjacent islands.
- noun An encampment of a circular form; a ring fort. Also called
Pecht's [Pict's] house or Pecht's castle. - noun In the game of curling, one of the two circles drawn around the tee.
- noun A hazy circle around the sun or moon, considered as a presage of a change of weather.
- noun An obsolete spelling of
brow . - noun A borough.
- noun A fortified place. Compare
brough .
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Examples
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Trolls are parrots for Fox — the blonde bimbos who inhabit Faux News say, on one hand that Obama has “done nothing;” he “wasted his first year” — then on the other hand, they say he is “dismantling America,” “destroying our economy” and has brough us “socialism.”
Think Progress » Right-wing Saudi dynasty endorses right-wing Fox News dynasty. 2010
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In the person of George Washington, the man and his hour were met, and our country can continue to be thankful for that happy alignment of the planets that brough the man andhis times together.
Your History Moment: Father of His Country « Third Point of Singularity 2010
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Because it should be obvious to anyone with a brain (that excludes you Yglesiais) that when people feel the benefits of policies from Washington DC, they tend to reward the people who brough those policies to them, witness Massachusetts.
Matthew Yglesias » Raul Grijalva Flirting With History’s Greatest Monster Status 2010
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This section has brough this point very sharply to mind.
A Bland and Deadly Courtesy skzbrust 2009
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"We had always been told how important Gharyan was, we heard Gadhafi had brough in reinforcements, but when we attacked, it all dissolved," said Adel Seger, a rebel commander in the city.
Joy Greets Rebels in Garrison Town Near Libya Capital Charles Levinson 2011
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A Libyan man who was injured during clashes with pro-Moammar Gadhafi forces is brough into a hospital in the eastern town of Ras Lanouf, Libya, Tuesday, March 8, 2011.
Libyan army takes two cities from rebels; Witness reports gunfire at Saudi protest 2011
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Are they all hypocrits for spending more than they brough in and then criticizing someone else for doing the same?
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"How would you rule if someone brough a case trying to overturn Roe v. Wade?" and "is socialism constitutional?"
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The party of 'Christian Values' has embraced hypocrisy and brough shame to America.
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This section has brough this point very sharply to mind.
A Bland and Deadly Courtesy skzbrust 2009
ruzuzu commented on the word brough
"n. A hazy circle around the sun or moon, considered as a presage of a change of weather."
--CD&C
April 16, 2012
michaelt42 commented on the word brough
Longfellow alluded to the brough in The Wreck of the Hesperus: Last night the moon had a golden ring and tonight no moon we see. That line constitutes the whole raison d'être of the poem.
April 17, 2012
michaelt42 commented on the word brough
I suppose that one use of brough is to reduce the character count of a tweet.
April 17, 2012