Broiler

One who broils; one who incites quarrels. (Cookery.) A gridiron; a kitchen-utensil for broiling meat. Bro'kage, n. Same as BROKERAGE, q. v. Broke, v. i. [A. S. brucan, to use, discharge, profit; Swed. and Goth. bruka , to use, exercise.] To transact busine for another. (R.) -To act as broker or procurer in amatory intrigues. "And brokes with all that can, in such asuit, Corrupt the tender honor of a maid."-Shaks. Broke, imp . and pp . of BREAK, q. v. Bro'ken, ( pp . of BREAK, q. v., and a.) Parted by vio- lence; rent asunder; as, a broken pitcher. "When some traveller from New Zealand shall, in the midst of vast solitude, take his stand on a broken arch of London Bridge to sketch the ruins of St. Paul's."- Macaulay. vious inflammation of the lungs, by which a portion of them has been rendered impervious, and thus greater labor thrown on the remaining parts. The delicate structure of the cells, probably weakened by the inflammation in which it had shared, yields to the unnatural distention to which they are thus exposed. Many a horse has become broken-winded when urged to extra exertion immediately after he has been fed; for the air rushing violently into the lungs in the act of sudden and forcible inspiration, and the full stomach lying against the diaphragm, with which the body of the lungs is in contact, their perfect expansion is prevented, and those parts, as the edges, which are free from this pre ure, are unnaturally dilated and ruptured. The kind of food also to which the horse is accustomed has much to do with this disease. If it is comparatively in nutritive, a greater bulk of it must be eaten, and the distended stomach will oftener and longer pre upon the diaphragm and impede the dilatation of the lungs, or render it unequal in different parts. Thus, broken-wind is a disease of the farmer's horse fed too much on hay or chaff; it is often produced in the straw-yard, where little more than the coarsest food is allowed; but it is comparatively seldom seen in the stable of the coach-proprietor, in which the food is of a better quality, and lies in a smaller compa , and is more regularly administered; and it never disgraces the hunting or racing stable. It must however be confe ed that there is sometimes an hereditary predisposition to this disease, consisting in a narrowne of chest or a weakne of structure in the lungs. There is no cure for broken-wind; no art can restore the dilated cells to their former dimensions, or build up again a wall between them. But palliative measures may be adopted to a very considerable extent. The food should be of a more nutritive kind, and contained in a smaller compa . Straw and chaff should be forbidden, the quantity of hay perhaps a little diminished, and that of corn correspondingly increased. A mash should constitute a part of the evening's fare: water should be sparingly given during the day, and exercise should not be required when the stomach is full. Occasional or periodical fits of greater difficulty of breathing should be met by small bleedings and gentle laxatives. By this management not only will the broken-winded horse be rendered useful for many ordinary purposes, but will be capable of service and labor, which it would otherwise be cruel to require of him. -Infirm; incapacitated; weakened in body; as, broken Broken-winded, a. Having a shortened respiration, IMG:content-0759.png:[blocks in formation] "Had we never loved so blindly, Never met or never parted, We had ne'er been broken -hearted!"-Burns. Bro'kenly, adv. Without a regular series; in a shattered or unequal state. "And thus the heart will break, yet brokenly live on."- Byron.