▪ I. † bruke Obs. exc. dial.
In 4 bruk, bruyk, bruc.
[ad. L. brūcus, brūchus; see bruchus.]
1. ‘A locust without wings’; ? the larva of the locust; a destructive caterpillar.
| a 1340 Hampole Psalter civ. 32 He sayd & the locust come and the bruyk..Comm. The locust is modire of the bruyk: thai ere litill bestis, bot thai ere ful noyous. 1382 Wyclif Lev. xi. 22 As is bruk [1388 bruke] in his kynde, that is the kynde of locust er it haue wenges. ― Jer. li. 14 Y shal fulfille thee of men, as with bruc werm. 1609 Bible (Douay) Joel i. 4 The residue of the locust hath the bruke eaten. |
2. (See quot.)
| 1847–78 Halliwell, Bruck, a field-cricket. North. |
▪ II. bruke
obs. f. brook.