Brook (&unr_;), n. [OE. brok, broke, brook, AS. brōc; akin to D. broek, LG. brōk, 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.
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The Lord thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water. Deut. viii. 7.
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Empires itself, as doth an inland brook
Into the main of waters. Shak.
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