brokelt

[A var. of brack1, q. v.] A breach. Broke for broke, eye for eye, and tooth for tooth. Becon, Works, ii. 94. ( Davies.) broke2 (brōk), v. i.; pret. and pp. broked, ppr. broking. [Formed from broker, like peddle from peddler, etc.; ME. broken ( broke4, brook2 ), is not found in this sense. See broker and brokage.] 1. To transact busine for another in trade; act as agent in buying and selling and other commercial busine ; carry on the busine of a broker.-21. To act as a go between or procurer in love matters; pimp. And brokes with all that can in such a suit Corrupt the tender honour of a maid. Shak., All's Well, iii. 5. We do want a certain nece ary woman to broke between Fanshawe. them, Cupid said. 3t. To transact busine by means of an agent. But the gains of bargains are of a more doubtful nature; when men shall wait upon others' nece ity, broke by servants and instruments to draw them on, and the like practices. Bacon , Riches. broke3t, n. An obsolete form of brook1 . broke 1, v. t. A Middle English form of brook2 . broked, a . See brocket . [Scotch.] broken (bro'kn), p. a. [Pp. of break; to numbers. IMG:content-2585.png:[blocks in formation] Shak ., Hen. V., v. 2. Fair prince, here is good broken music . Shak., T. and C., iii. 1. Broken voyage, in whale - fishing, an unprofitable voyage, or a losing voyage. C. M. Scammon, Marine Mammals (Glo ary), p. 310. - Broken water, waves breaking on and near shallows, or by the contention of currents in a narrow channel. - Broken wind. See wind2.