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/brob/, n.a wedge-shaped spike for securing an end of a timber butting against the side of another.[1870-75; of uncert. orig.]
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brob — brob; brob·ding·nag·ian; brob·dig·nag·ian; … English syllables
Brob — Brob, n. [Cf. Gael. brog, E. brog, n.] (Carp.) A peculiar brad shaped spike, to be driven alongside the end of an abutting timber to prevent its slipping. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Brob|ding|nag|i|an — «BROB dihng NAG ee uhn», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. gigantic; huge; enormous. 2. of or like Brobdingnag. –n. a giant … Useful english dictionary
Brob|ding|nag — «BROB dihng nag», noun. the land of giants in Jonathan Swift s Gulliver s Travels … Useful english dictionary
brob — noun A wedge shaped spike used to secure the end of a timber where it abuts another. Much used in earlier times in the construction of tunnelled box timber headings … Wiktionary
BROB — • Bunkers Remaining On Board … Maritime acronyms and abbreviations
brob — ˈbräb noun ( s) Etymology: perhaps alteration of brod : a brad shaped spike to be driven alongside the end of an abutting timber to prevent its slipping … Useful english dictionary
BROB`DINGNAG — an imaginary country in Gulliver s Travels, inhabited by giants, each as tall as an ordinary spire steeple ; properly a native of the country, in comparison with whom Gulliver was a pigmy not half so big as a round little worm plucked from the … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
nag — brob·ding·nag·ian; cae·nag·nath·i·for·mes; iba·nag; me·nag·er·ie; me·nag·er·ist; mit·nag·ged; nag·a·tel·ite; nag·gar; nag·ger; nag·gle; nag·gly; nag·kassar; nag·maal; nag·nag; nag·nag; nag·pur; nag·ya·gite; pad·nag; ta·nag·ri·dae; nag; nag·gish;… … English syllables
Brobdingnag — /brob ding nag /, n. the region in Swift s Gulliver s Travels where everything was of enormous size. * * * … Universalium
