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Definition of Brazos
1. Noun. A river that rises in Mexico and flows across Texas into the Gulf of Mexico.
Group relationships: Land Of Enchantment, New Mexico, Nm, Lone-star State, Texas, Tx
Generic synonyms: River
Lexicographical Neighbors of Brazos
Literary usage of Brazos
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science by Iowa Academy of Science (1892)
"College Station, brazos county. In woods. (269) P. texanum, Buckley. ...
College Station, brazos county. Along roadsides in moist places. ..."
2. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1881)
"f In the spring of 1879, I was called upon by some Eastern capitalists to make
an examination of the brazos coal-field, in order to obtain the thickness, ..."
3. Lew Wallace;: An Autobiography by Lew Wallace (1906)
"Next morning, early, I went on deck to take a look at brazos. An inlet scarce
wider than a canal let into a bay three or four miles wide. ..."
4. Lew Wallace; an Autobiography by Lew Wallace (1906)
"III Despatch to General Grant concerning brazos—Letter to Ford and Slaughter—Propositions
submitted to Kirby Smith—Letter from and reply to General ..."
5. Texas: The Rise, Progress, and Prospects of the Republic of Texas. In Two by William Kennedy (1841)
"The brazos Valley and the whole of the lower region of the Republic is one vast
... In the district of the brazos, about twelve miles above Columbia, ..."
6. Sketches of the Campaign in Northern Mexico: In Eighteen Hundred Forty-six by Luther] [Giddings (1853)
"Departure from New Orleans—brazos Santiago—" A man overboard "—Scenes on the
Island—A foe in the rear—The mouth of the Rio Grande—Volunteers ..."
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