broadpiece (bradpes)

Same as broad, n., 3. broad-seal (brâd's el), n. The official or great seal of a country or state: as, "the king's broad-seal," Sheldon, Mirad Miracles, p. 61. [More correctly as two words. ] - Broad-seal war, in U. S. hist., a contest in the House of Representatives, in December, 1839, as to the admi ion or exclusion of five Whig members from New Jersey, who had certificates of election under the broad seal of the State, but whose seats were contested by Democratic claimants. broadbrim (brad'brim), n. very broad brim, especially the form of hat worn by members of the Society of Friends. Hence-2. A member of that society; a Quaker. Carlyle . [Colloq.] broad-brimmed (bråd brimd), a . 1. Having To stamp as with the broad seal; guarantee; a broad border, brim, or edge. Govert Locker man, without taking his pipe out of his mouth, turned up his eye from under his broad - brimmed hat to see who hailed him thus discourteously. Irving, Knickerbocker, p. 251. 2. Wearing a hat with a broad brim. This broad - brimm'd hawker of holy things. Tennyson, Maud, x. broadcast (brâd'kast), a. 1. Cast or dispersed upon the ground with the hand, as seed in sowing: opposed to sowed in drills or rows.-2. Widely spread or diffused. TACORVS DIGOMAG: Reverse. Broad of James I., British Museum. (Size of the original.)