Definition of Brough

1. broch [n -S] - See also: broch

Lexicographical Neighbors of Brough

brotherred
brothers
brothers-in-arms
brothers-in-law
brothership
brothier
brothiest
brothiness
broths
brothy
brotizolam
brotula
brotulas
brotus
brouded
brough (current term)
brougham
broughams
broughs
brought
brought about
brought back
brought down
brought forth
brought home
brought off
brought on
brought out
brought owls to Athens
brought up

Literary usage of Brough

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

1. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: During by James Russell, Great Britain Court of Chancery, James William Mylne, John Singleton Copley Lyndhurst, Henry Brougham Brougham and Vaux (1832)
"1) ROUGH the elder had deposited the title-deeds of A court of some leasehold property with the Plaintiff Mrs. brough, as a security for a sum of 900/. ..."

2. Early Indiana Trials and Sketches: Reminiscences by Oliver Hampton Smith (1858)
"I CAN not pass by John brough, the great railroad king, long a resident of Indiana ... Soon after the railroad mania took possession of the West, Mr. brough ..."

3. Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society by Franklin Lafayette Riley, Mississippi Historical Society (1901)
"The Bank of Mississippi, 1 Charles Hillman brough, at present Professor of ... Since his return to Mississippi, Dr. brough has been actively engaged in ..."

4. Educational History of Ohio: A History of Its Progress Since the Formation by James Jesse Burns (1905)
"JOHN brough In the same year in which the Ohio University was founded there came to Ohio the family of John brough, Sr., from Maryland, who settled in the ..."

5. Songs of Three Centuries by John Greenleaf Whittier (1890)
"Louder or fainter, as it rose Or died away, was borne The harmony of merry bells From brough, that pleasant morn. My friend, so few? ..."

6. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson (1810)
"IN THE PARISH CHURCH OF brough, WESTMORELAND. HERE rests a pattern of the female life, The woman, friend, the mother, and the wife. ..."

7. Men of the Time: Biographical Sketches of Eminent Living Characters ... Also (1859)
"brough, ROBERT B., Author, is a native of London, having been born "within the sound of Bow bells" on the 10th of April, 1828. At an early age, however, ..."

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