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Brooking :: Brooking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Broo.

Camoys :: Camoys (a.) Flat; depressed; crooked; -- said only of the nose.

Purl :: Purl (n.) A gentle murmur, as that produced by the running of a liquid among obstructions; as, the purl of a brook..

Castle :: Castle (n.) A piece, made to represent a castle, used in the game of chess; a rook..

Bandy :: Bandy (a.) Bent; crooked; curved laterally, esp. with the convex side outward; as, a bandy leg..

Liver :: Liver (n.) A resident; a dweller; as, a liver in Brooklyn..

Crookes Tube :: Crookes tube () A vacuum tube in which the exhaustion is carried to a very high degree, with the production of a distinct class of effects; -- so called from W. Crookes who introduced it..

Straighten :: Straighten (v. t.) To make straight; to reduce from a crooked to a straight form.

Rook :: Rook (n.) One of the four pieces placed on the corner squares of the board; a castle.

Rookeries :: Rookeries (pl. ) of Rooker.

Killifish :: Killifish (n.) 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 black. Called also minnow, and brook fish. See Minnow..

Rutile :: Rutile (n.) A mineral usually of a reddish brown color, and brilliant metallic adamantine luster, occurring in tetragonal crystals. In composition it is titanium dioxide, like octahedrite and brookite..

Cowhage :: Cowhage (n.) A leguminous climbing plant of the genus Mucuna, having crooked pods covered with sharp hairs, which stick to the fingers, causing intolerable itching. The spiculae are sometimes used in medicine as a mechanical vermifuge..

Direct :: Direct (a.) Straightforward; not of crooked ways, or swerving from truth and openness; sincere; outspoken..

Water Pimpernel :: Water pimpernel () A small white-flowered shrub; brookweed.

Straight :: Straight (superl.) Right, in a mathematical sense; passing from one point to another by the nearest course; direct; not deviating or crooked; as, a straight line or course; a straight piece of timber..

Brook :: Brook (v. t.) A natural stream of water smaller than a river or creek.

Crooked :: Crooked (imp. & p. p.) of Croo.

Wind :: Wind (v. i.) To have a circular course or direction; to crook; to bend; to meander; as, to wind in and out among trees..

Comport :: Comport (v. t.) To bear; to endure; to brook; to put with.

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