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Brontes (2 syl.)

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A blacksmith personified, one of the Cyclops. The name signifies Thunder.

Not with such weight, to frame the forky brand,

The ponderous hammer falls from Brontēsʹ hand.”


 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Brobdingnag
Brobdingnagian
Brocken
Brocklehurst (The Rev. Robert)
Brogue
Brogues
Broken Feather (A)
Broken Music
Broken on the Wheel
Broker
Brontes
Bronzomarte
Brook (Master)
Brooks of Sheffield
Broom
Brosier
Brother
Brother German
Brother Jonathan
Brother Sam
Browbeat

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