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English Dictionary: brock by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Badger \Badg"er\, n. [OE. bageard, prob. fr. badge + -ard, in
      reference to the white mark on its forehead. See {Badge},n.]
      1. A carnivorous quadruped of the genus {Meles} or of an
            allied genus. It is a burrowing animal, with short, 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}.
  
      2. A brush made of badgers' hair, used by artists.
  
      {Badger dog}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Dachshund}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Brock \Brock\, n. [See {Brocket}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A brocket. --Bailey.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Brocket \Brock"et\ (br[ocr]k"[ecr]t), n. [OE. broket, F.
      broquart fallow deer a year old, fr. the same root as E.
      broach, meaning point (hence tine of a horn).]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) A male red deer two years old; -- sometimes
            called {brock}.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) A small South American deer, of several species
            ({Coassus superciliaris}, {C. rufus}, and {C. auritus}).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Brock \Brock\, n. [AS. broc, fr. W. broch; akin to Ir. & Gael.
      broc, Corn. & Armor. broch; cf. Ir. & Gael. breac speckled.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      A badger.
  
               Or with pretense of chasing thence the brock. --B.
                                                                              Jonson.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Brock, NE (village, FIPS 6505)
      Location: 40.48114 N, 95.95966 W
      Population (1990): 143 (76 housing units)
      Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 68320
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