a. That may be brooked; endurable. (Chiefly Sc.)
c. 1817. Hogg, Tales & Sk., V. 41. The face … gazed on him with an intensity that was hardly brookable.
1881. J. Younger, Autobiog., xxii. 264. The idea was not brookable to the old people.
a. That may be brooked; endurable. (Chiefly Sc.)
c. 1817. Hogg, Tales & Sk., V. 41. The face … gazed on him with an intensity that was hardly brookable.
1881. J. Younger, Autobiog., xxii. 264. The idea was not brookable to the old people.
