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brock
[brok] 
–noun
| a European badger. |
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME brok, OE broc badger < Celt; cf. Ir, ScotGael broc, Welsh broch
bef. 1000; ME brok, OE broc badger < Celt; cf. Ir, ScotGael broc, Welsh broch
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| brock (brŏk) n. Chiefly British A badger. [Middle English brok, from Old English broc, of Celtic origin.] |
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Brock
Brock\, n. [AS. broc, fr. W. broch; akin to Ir. & Gael. broc, Corn. & Armor. broch; cf. Ir. & Gael. breac speckled.] (Zo["o]l.) A badger. Or with pretense of chasing thence the brock. --B. Jonson.Brock
Brock\, n. [See Brocket.] (Zo["o]l.) A brocket. --Bailey.
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brock
O.E. brocc "badger," a borrowing from Celtic (cf. O.Ir. brocc, Welsh broch). After c.1400, often with the adjective stinking, and meaning "a low, dirty fellow."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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