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brool|bruːl| [app. ad. Ger. brüll roar, roaring, f. brüllen, Du. brullen to roar (as a lion, etc.). (Cf. brill v. 2.)] A low deep humming sound; a murmur. Also fig. So ˈbrooling vbl. n.
1837Carlyle Fr. Rev. (1871) I. 144 List to the brool of that royal forest-voice. 1879Spectator 29 Nov. 1507 What the meaning of that multitudinous brool will be. 1884Ibid. 16 Feb. 213/1 A man who could represent the ruling opinion of the hour with a brool as loud as its own. 1837Carlyle Fr. Rev. (1857) II. ii. iv. iv. 14 The People also is calm..With but a few broolings. |