broken backed (broknbakt)

[ME. broke bakked.] 1. Having the back broken, in any sense of the noun back: as, a broken - backed book. Yellow, thumbed, devastated by flies and time, stained with spots of oil and varnish, broken - backed , dog's-eared a sorry lazar-house copy, which no bookstall-keeper G. A. Sala , Dutch Pictures. would look at. Specifically-2. Naut., hogged: descriptive of the condition of a a ship ship when, when, from faulty construction or from grounding, groun her frame becomes so loosened as to cause both ends to droop. broken-bellied (brō'kn-bel"id), a. Having a ruptured belly; hence, broken down; degener ate. [Rare.] Such is our broken - bellied age. E. Sandys , E ays, p. 168. broken-hearted (brō'kn-härted), a . Having the spirits depre ed or crushed by grief or despair. He hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted . Isa. lxi. 1. 692 ne of heart, the state of having the spirits crushed by grief or despair; abject mental misery. Byron, Corsair, iii. 22. Helple , hopele brokenne of heart. Nor was this submi ion the effect of content, but of mere stupefaction and brokenne of heart. The iron had entered into his soul. Macaulay, Hist. Eng., xvii. Having