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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Brocagenoun

    Etymology: from broke.

    Yet sure his honesty
    Got him small gains, but shameless flattery,
    And filthy brocage, and unseemly shifts,
    And borrow base, and some good ladies gifts. Edmund Spenser.

    As for the politick and wholesome laws, they were interpreted to be but brocage of an usurer, thereby to woo and win the hearts of the people. Francis Bacon, Henry VII.

    Poor poet ape, that would be thought our chief,
    Whose works are e’en the frippery of wit,
    From brocage is become so bold a thief,
    As we, the rob’d, leave rage, and pity it. Ben Jonson.

    So much as the quantity of money is lessened, so much must the share of every one that has a right to this money be the less, whether he be landholder, for his goods, or labourer, for his hire, or merchant, for his brocage. John Locke.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Brocagenoun

    see Brokkerage

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Brocage

    brōk′āj, n. Obsolete spelling of Brokage (q.v. under Broker).

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. brocage

    The same with brokerage (which see).

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of brocage in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of brocage in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6


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