broad (brad)

and n. [= Sc. braid; str in irregular holes in metal that cannot be dre ed by revolving tools.-14. That part of the stem of a key which projects beyond the bit or web, and enters a socket in the interior of the lock. - 15. That pin in a lock which enIn are [a] brode strete he igon mete threo cnihtes. ters the barrel of the key. Layamon, L. 217. E. H. Knight. - 16. The stick Broad breast, full eye, small head, and nostril wide. from which candle-wicks are Shak., Venus and Adonis, L. 296. suspended for dipping.-17. 2. Large superficially; extensive; vast: as, A gimlet used in opening the broad expanse of ocean. casks for sampling their con roaches creampie tents.-18. A fitting for an Argand gas-burner.-19. A start, like the end of a spit, on the head of a young stag.-20. A pin or clasp to fasten a garment; specifically, an ornamental pin, clasp, or buckle, and especially a breastpin, of gold, silver, or other metal, attached to the dre or depending from the neck: in this sense now usually spelled brooch (which see). broach (brōch), v. t. [ IMG:content-2572.png:[blocks in formation] gif hym-self be bore blynde hit is a brod wonder. Alliterative Poems (ed. Morris), ii. 584. The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: Dictionary broad He grins, and looks broad nonsense with a stare. Pope , Dunciad, ii. 194. 6. Widely diffused; open; full: as, in broad sunshine; broad daylight. Ful oft, whan it is brode day. Gower, Conf. Amant., ii. 107. I count little of the many things I see pa at broad noonday, in large and open streets. Sterne, Sentimental Journey, p. 103. It was broad day, and the people, recovered from their panic, were enabled to see and estimate the force of the enemy. Irving , Granada, p. 32. 7. Unconfined; free; unrestrained. (a) Used absolutely. As broad and general as the casing air. (b) Unrestrained by a sense of propriety or fitne ; unpolished; loutish. Tell him his pranks have been too broad to bear with. Shak ., Macbeth, iii. 4. Shak ., Hamlet, iii. 4. (c) Unrestrained by considerations of decency; indeli cate; indecent. IMG:content-2574.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-2575.png:[blocks in formation] The coin was also i ued subsequently. Also broaden (bra'dn), v . [ broad +-en1. Cf. broad , called laurel and broad - piece . v.] I. in trans. To grow broad or broader. broad (brad), adv . [ broode , brode , brāde (= MHG. breite , G. breit ), broadly; from the adj.] 1. Broadly; openly; plainly. Crist spak himself ful broode in holy writ. Chaucer, Gen. Prol. to C. T., 1. 739. 21. Widely; copiously; abundantly. Chaucer . -3. Broadly; fully. With all his crimes broad blown, as flush as May. Shak . , Hamlet, iii. 3. Lying broad awake I thought of you and Effie dear. Tennyson, May Queen (Conclusion). broadt, v. t. [ME. broden , brādian , spread, brad , broad. Cf. bread2 .] To make broad; spread. Tyll the ble ed bredd [bird] brodid his wing is. IMG:content-2576.png:[blocks in formation] row.] The royal mark of British government stores of every description, which it is felony to obliterate or deface. Persons unlawfully in po e ion of goods marked with the broad-arrow forfeit the goods and are subject to a penalty of £200. The broad - arrow was the cognizance of Henry, Viscount Sydney, Earl of Romney, Master-general of Ordnance from 1693 to 1702, and was first used in his time. In heraldry it differs from the pheon (which see) in having the inside of the barbs plain. broadax (brâd'aks), n. [ Then let the sounds of measured stroke And grating saw begin, The broad - axe to the gnarled oak, The mallet to the pin! Whittier , Ship-Builders. Sir R. L'Estrange . broad-based (brâd'bāst), a. Having a broad foundation; securely founded. [Rare.] Broad-based upon her people's will. Broad Church, the popular designation of a party in the Church of England. See Episcopalian.-Broad fo110, broad quarto, etc., names given to drawing-paper folded the broadest way. - Broad gage. See gage2. -Broad gla , window-gla of a cheap quality formed by blowing a long cylinder, cutting it apart, and allowing the pieces to soften and flatten out in a kiln. See gla . Also called British sheet-gla , cylin der-gla , German plate gla , and spread window gla . Broad lace, a woolen fabric made in bands about 4 inches wide, and used as an ornamental border to the upholstery of a carriage. Car - builder's Dict. - Broad IMG:content-2577.png:[blocks in formation] A broad is the spread of a river into a sheet of water, which is certainly neither lake nor lagoon. Southey, Letters [(1812), II. 307. Then acro the mill - pool, and through the deep crooks, out into the broads, and past the withered beds of weeds which told of coming winter. H. Kingsley, [Raven shoe, viii. 2. In mech., a tool used for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders in the lathe.-3. An English coin first i ued in 1619 by James I., and worth at the time 20s. Her throne Tennyson, To the Queen. broadbill (brad'bil), n. 1. The shoveler-duck, Spatula clype at a .-2. The spoonbill, Platalea leuco rod i a .-3. The scaup-duck, Fuligula ma rila , and other species of that genus.-4. A bird of the family Eurylæmid a . There are nine or ten species of broadbills peculiar to the Indian region. Also called broad mouth . broad-billed (brâd'bild), a . In ornith ., having a broad bill.- Broad-billed sandpiper, the Limicola platyrhyncha. 1. A hat with a or survey. To broaden into boundle day. Tennyson, In Memoriam, xcv. II. trans. To make broad; increase in breadth; render more broad or comprehensive: as, " broaden'd nostrils," Thomson , Winter. broad-eyed (brûd ́id), a. Having a wide view broad-fronted (brâd'frunted), a. Having a broad front; having a wide forehead: as, "broad-fronted Cæsar," Shak . , A. and C., i. 5. broad-gage (brad'gāj), a . Having the space between the rails wider than the standard gage of 564 inches: said of a railroad track: opposed to narrow - gage , which signifies le than the standard width. See gage2 . broad horn (brâd'hôrn), n. A name by which the flat-boats on the Mi i ippi and other American rivers were formerly known. A broad - horn , a prime river conveyance. Irving . The river's earliest commerce was in great barges, - keelboats, broad horns . S. L. Clemens, Life on the Mi i ippi, p. 41. broad-horned (brâd'hôrnd), a. Having widespread horns. Huloet . broadleaf, broadleaf-tree (brâd'lēf, -trē), n. A tall tree, Terminal i a latifolia, natural order Combretaceæ, common in Jamaica, bearing large and long-petioled leaves at the end of the branches. broadly (brâd'li), adv. 1. In a broad manner. That broadly flows through Pylos' fields. Chapman , liad, v. Burke , Present State of Affairs. These simple, broadly draped figures were sculptured by Niccola at Pisa. C. C. Perkins , Italian Sculpture, p. 21. Specifically-2. In zoöl . , so as to extend over a relatively large space: as, broadly emarginate; broadly bisinuate, etc. A part is broadly truncate when the truncation is nearly or quite equal to its greatest width. Custine has spoken out more broadly .