A torrent.

(1.) Applied to small streams, as the Arnon, Jabbok, etc. Isaiah (15:7) speaks of the "book of the willows," probably the Wady-el-Asha.

(2.) It is also applied to winter torrents (Job 6:15; Numbers 34:5; Joshua 15:4, 47), and to the torrent-bed or wady as well as to the torrent itself (Numbers 13:23; 1 Kings 17:3).

(3.) In Isaiah 19:7 the river Nile is meant, as rendered in the Revised Version.

Noah Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language

1. (n.) A natural stream of water smaller than a river or creek.

2. (v. t.) To use; to enjoy.

3. (v. t.) To bear; to endure; to put up with; to tolerate; as, young men can not brook restraint.

4. (v. t.) To deserve; to earn.