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Brocken
Or Blocksberg, the highest peak (3740 ft.) of the Harz Mts., cultivated to the summit; famous for a "Spectre" so called, long an object of superstition, but which is only the beholder's shadow projected through, and magnified by, the mists.
- Part of Speech: noun
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- Category: Encyclopedias
- Organization: Project Gutenberg
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