broad seal (bradsel)

t. [ Thy presence broad - seals our delights for pure. B. Jonson, Cynthia's Revels, v. 3. broad-shouldered (brâd'shōl"dėrd), a. Having the back broad acro the shoulders. Broad - shouldered , and his arms were round and long. Dryden. broadside (brâd's id), n. 1. The whole side of a ship above the water-line, from the bow to the quarter.-2. A simultaneous discharge of all the guns on one side of a ve el of war: as, to fire a broadside .-3. In general, any comprehensive attack with weapons of any kind directed against one point or object. Give him a broadside, my brave boys, with your pikes. Beau, and Fl., Phil aster, v. 4. 4. A sheet printed on one side only, and without arrangement in columns; especially, such a sheet containing some item of news, or an attack upon some person, etc., and designed for distribution. Every member of the convention received a copy of this draft of a constitution, printed on broadsides in large type. Bancroft, Hist. Const., I. 119. Van Citters gives the best account of the trial. I have seen a broadside which confirms his narrative. Macaulay, Hist. Eng., vi., note. 5. Any surface resembling the side of a ship in breadth, etc., as a house-front. In the great, blank, gray broadside , there were only four windows. Dickens . Broadside on, with the side in advance; sidewise. - To take on the broadside, to treat freely and unceremoniously. Determined to take the world on the broadside , and eat thereof, and be filled. Carlyle, Diderot. broadside (brad'sīd), adv. [ IMG:content-2578.png:[graphic] IMG:content-2579.png:[graphic] IMG:content-2580.png:[blocks in formation] 2. Pell-mell; unceremoniously: as, to go or send broadside. [Rare.] He used in his prayers to send the king, the ministers of state, all broadside to hell, but particularly the general himself. Swift, Mem. of Capt. Creichton. broad-sighted (brad's ited), a. Having a wide view. Quarterly Rev. broad-speaking (brad'spēking), a. 1. Using vulgar or coarse language; speaking with a vulgar accent.-2. Speaking plainly out without endeavoring to soften one's meaning.