Definition of Brookites

1. brookite [n] - See also: brookite

Lexicographical Neighbors of Brookites

broodstocks
broody
broody hen
brook lamprey
brook lampreys
brook mint
brook thistle
brook trout
brook trouts
brooked
brookie
brookies
brooking
brookite
brookites (current term)
brooklet
brooklets
brooklike
brooklime
brooklimes
brookside
brooksides
brookweed
brookweeds
brool
brools
broom
broom-like
broom-weed

Literary usage of Brookites

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Report of the Geological Survey of Arkansas by Geological Survey of Arkansas, Arkansas State Geologist, John Casper Branner (1891)
"Again on the south and east sides of the Cove brookites occur scattered among ... Those brookites which occur implanted on the quartz crystals and are found ..."

2. The Life of Gustavus Vaughan Brooke, Tragedian by William John Lawrence (1892)
"Even at that late day the brookites—remnants of the "old guard "—were in strong force, and persisted in sending critical analyses to the papers, ..."

3. Annual Report of the Geological Survey of Arkansas by Arkansas Geological Survey (1891)
"Again on the south and east sides of the Cove brookites occur scattered among ... Those brookites which occur implanted on the quartz crystals and are found ..."

4. The Raja of Saráwak: An Account of Sir James Brooke, K. C. B., LL. D., Given by Gertrude Le Grand Jacob (1876)
"... of the confusion of the anti-Brooke party from the failure of the Commission, and the continued devotion of those who were known as brookites. ..."

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