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A badger. Or with pretense of chasing thence the brock. B. Jonson.

A mountain specter (which see), esp. that observed on the Brocken, in the Harz Mountains.

A male red deer two years old; -- sometimes called brock.

Beastly; brutal. [Obs.] Bale.

hort, thick legs, and long claws on the fore feet. One species (M. vulgaris), called also brock, inhabits the north of Europe and Asia; another species (Taxidea Americana or Labradorica) inhabits the northern parts of North America. See Teledu.

Headstrong; obstinate. [Obs.] Brockett.

tting also quoif.] From point and saucy ermine down To the plain coif and russet gown. H. Brocke. The judges, . . . althout they are not of the first magnitude, nor need be of the degree of the coif, yet are they considerable. Bacon.

A despicable fellow. [Prov. Eng.] Brockett.

An optical phenomenon sometimes seen on the summit of mountains (as on the Brocken) when the observer is between the sun and a mass of cloud. The figures of the observer and surrounding objects are seen projected on the cloud, greatly enlarged and often encircled by rainbow colors.

To put under cover; to sheal. [Prov.ng.] Brockett.

A blow; a smart stroke. [Prov. Eng.] Brockett.

A young deer whose antlers begin to shoot or become sharp; a brocket, or pricket.

A fox; -- probably so named from its bushy tail. The wolf, the tod, the brock. B. Jonson. Tod stove, a close stove adapted for burning small round wood, twigs, etc. [U.S.] Knight.

To boil with a continued bubbling or heaving and rolling, with noise. [Prov. Eng.] Brockett.

Long and flexible, like a wand. [Prov. Eng.] Brockett.

s wax, used in sewing leather, as for boots, shoes, and the like; -- called also wax end. Brockett.