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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Broad'-piece, n. p. 166A piece of gold coin broader than a guinea. Encyc. Brit.Broad'-sēal, n. p. 166The great seal of England; the public seal of a country or state.Broad'-sēal, v. t. p. 166To stamp with the broad seal; to make sure; to guarantee or warrant. [Obs.] Thy presence broad-seals our delights for pure. B. Jonson.Broad'side, n. p. 166A discharge of all the guns on one side of a ship, above and below, at the same time. “All his thunders roaring from his broad-sides.” Everett. 2. (Naut.) The side of a ship above the water, from the…Broad'-spread, a. p. 166Wide-spread.Broad'-spread'ing, a. p. 166Spreading widely.Broad'swōrd, n. p. 166A sword with a broad blade and a cutting edge. I heard the broadsword's deadly clang. W. Scott.Broad'-wīse, adv. p. 166In the direction of the breadth.Bro-cāde', n. p. 166Silk stuff, variegated with gold and silver, or raised and enriched with flowers, foliage, and other ornaments; — also applied to other stuffs wrought and enriched in like manner. A gala suit of…Bro-cād'ed, a. p. 166Woven or worked, as brocade, with gold and silver. Brocaded flowers o'er the gay mantua shine. Gay. 2. Dressed in brocade.Brō'kerage, n. p. 166Brō'kage p. 166The trade or business of a broker; the transaction of commercial business, as buying and selling, for other men. 2. The premium or commission of a broker; the gain or profit derived from transacting…Brō'card, n. p. 167An elementary principle or maxim; a short, proverbial rule, in law, ethics, or metaphysics; a canon. The scholastic brocard, “Nihil est in intellectu quod non prius fuit in sensu,” is the fundamental…Brō'ca-tĕl or Brō'ca-tĕl'lo, n. p. 167A kind of coarse brocade, or figured fabric, commonly made of silk and cotton, or sometimes of cotton only, used chiefly for tapestry, linings for carriages, &c. Bescherelle. 2. A marble, clouded and…Brŏc'co-lĭ, n. p. 167(Bot.) A variety of the common cabbage (Brassica oleracea) resembling the cauliflower.Brōch'an-tīte, n. p. 167(Min.) A basic sulphate of copper, occurring in emerald-green crystals.Brōche, n. p. 167See BROACH.Bro-chu're, n. p. 167A printed and stitched work containing only a few leaves; a pamphlet.Brŏck, n. p. 167A badger. See BADGER. Or with pretense of chasing thence the brock. B. Jonson. 2. A brocket. See BROCKET. Bailey.Brŏck'ish, a. p. 167Beastly; brutal. “Brockish boors.” Bale.Brŏck'et, n. p. 167A red deer two years old;—sometimes written brock.Brōdē'kin or Brōdē'quin, n. p. 167A buskin or half boot.Brōg, n. p. 167A pointed steel instrument, fixed into a handle, used by joiners to make holes for nails in soft wood. Buchanan.Brō'gan or Bro-gān', n. p. 167A stout, coarse shoe.Brōg'gle, v. i. p. 167To fish for eels by troubling the water. [Obs.] [Prov. Eng.] Wright.Brōgue, n. p. 167A stout, coarse shoe. “Clouted brogues,” in Shakespeare, signifies shoes whose soles are studded with nails, or clouts. In the Highlands of Scotland, the brogue is made of horse-hide with the hair…Broid, v. t. p. 167To braid. [Obs.] See BRAID.Broid'er, v. t. p. 167Fr. broder, Catalan brodar, Sp. & Pg. bordar, to embroider, W. brodio, to embroider, brwyd, broach, an embroidering frame, Armor. brouda, to prick, to embroider, broud, Ir. & Gael. brod, goad…Broid'er-er, n. p. 167One who embroiders. [Obs.] There mote he likewise see a ribald train / Of dancers, broiderers, slaves of luxury. Wert.Broid'er-y, n. p. 167Embroidery; ornamental needle-work wrought upon cloth. [Obs.] See EMBROIDER. The golden broidery tender Milkah wove. Tickell.Broil, n. p. 167A tumult; a noisy quarrel; contention; discord, either between individuals or in the state. I own that there is a haughtiness and fierceness in human nature which will cause innumerable broils, place…Broil, v. t. p. 167To dress or cook by direct exposure to heat over coals, but more generally upon a gridiron over coals. Broil, v. i. To be subjected to the action of heat, like meat over the fire; to be greatly…Broil'er, n. p. 167One who excites broils; one who promotes quarrels. What doth he but turn broiler, ... make new libels against the church? Hammond. 2. That which dresses by broiling; a gridiron.Brō'kage, n. p. 167The same as BROCAGE; brokerage. We may not buy our clothes without their brokage. (Culpepper).Brōke, v. i. p. 167To transact business for another. [Rare.] 2. To act as go-between or procurer in low matters. We do want a certain necessary woman to broke between them, Cupid said. Fanshaw. And broker with all that…Brōke, imp. & p. p. p. 167of break.Brō'ken, p. a. p. 167Parted by violence; made into fragments. 2. Made weak; infirm. The broken soldier, kindly bade to stay, Sat by his fire, and talked the night away. Goldsmith. 3. Subdued; humbled; contrite. The…Brō'ken-băcked, a. p. 167Having a broken back. 2. (Naut.) Hogged; so weakened in the frame as to droop at each end; — said of a ship. Totten.Brō'ken-bēl'lied, a. p. 167Having a ruptured belly. Sandys.Brō'ken-heart'ed, a. p. 167Having the spirits depressed or crushed by grief or despair. “She left her husband almost broken-hearted.” Macaulay.Brō'ken-ly, adv. p. 167In a broken, interrupted manner; without a regular series. The pagans worship God . . . as it were brokenly and by piecemeal. Cudworth.Brō'ken-meat, n. p. 167Meat that has been cut up; fragments. Swift.Brō'ken-ness, n. p. 167A state of being broken; unevenness. 2. Contrition; as, brokenness of heart.Brō'ken-wīnd, n. p. 167(Far.) A disease of the organs of respiration in horses, often accompanied with a preternatural enlargement of the lungs and heart, which disables them from bearing fatigue. White.Brō'ken-wind'ed, a. p. 167Having short breath or disordered respiration, as a horse.Brō'ker, n. p. 167One who transacts business for another; an agent. 2. (Law.) An agent employed to effect bargains and contracts, as a middle-man or negotiator, between other persons, for a compensation commonly…Brō'ker-age, n. p. 167The business or employment of a broker; brocage. Burke. 2. The fee, reward, or commission given or charged for transacting business as a broker; brocage. Anderson.Brō'ker-ly, a. p. 167Mean; servile. [Obs.] B. Jonson.Brō'ker-y, n. p. 167The business of a broker. [Obs.] And with extorting, cozening, forfeiting, And tricks belonging unto brokery. Marlow.Brō'king, p. a. p. 167Transacting business as a broker; practiced by brokers; relating to brokerage. Redeem from broking pawn the blemished crown. Shak.Brō'mā, n. p. 167Aliment. Dunglison. 2. A chocolate preparation from the seeds or beans of the cocoa. Simmonds.Brō'mal, n. p. 167(Chem.) An oily, colorless fluid, obtained by the action of bromine on alcohol.Brō'mate, n. p. 167(Chem.) A compound of bromic acid with a base.Brōm’a-tŏl’ō-gy, n. p. 167The science of aliments. Dunglison.Brōme, n. p. 167(Chem.) The same as BRŌMINE. See BROMINE.Brōme'-grāss, n. p. 167(Bot.) A kind of grass, of the genus Bromus.Brō'mic, a. p. 167(Chem.) Compounded of bromine and oxygen; as, bromic acid.Brō'mide, n. p. 167(Chem.) A compound of bromine with a metallic or combustible base.Brō'mine, n. p. 167(Chem.) One of the elements, related in its chemical qualities to chlorine and iodine. It is a deep reddish brown liquid of a very disagreeable odor, emitting a brownish vapor at the ordinary…Brō'mīze, v. t. p. 167(Photog.) To prepare or treat with bromine; as, to bromize a silvered plate.