brute
/bɹut/ verb C2- To shape (diamonds) by grinding them against each other.
He/she/it brutes · Past bruted · Past participle bruted · -ing form bruting
Verb forms
- Base form
- brute
- He/she/it
- brutes
- Past
- bruted
- Past participle
- bruted
- -ing form
- bruting
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The Tin Woodman began to use his axe at once, and, just as the two Kalidahs were nearly across, the tree fell with a crash into the gulf, carrying the ugly, snarling brutes with it, and both were dashed to pieces on the sharp rocks at the bottom.
This incident gives zest to our investigation, however, and I only trust that our little friend will not suffer from her imprudence in allowing this brute to trace her.
“The brute!
The brute!” I cried with clenched hands.
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