BROKENNESS
BRO'KENNESS, noun A state of being broken; unevenness.1. Contrition; as brokenness of heart.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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BROKENWIND
BRO'KENWIND, noun [break and wind.] A disease in horses, often accompanied with a preternatural enlargement of the lungs and heart, which disables them from bearing fatigue.
BROKENWINDED
BRO'KENWINDED, adjective Having short breath, as a horse.
BROKER
BRO'KER, noun [from broke.]1. An agent or negotiator, who is employed by merchants to make and conclude bargains for them for a fee or rate per cent., or who transacts other bus...
BROKERAGE
BRO'KERAGE, noun The fee, reward or commission given or charged for transacting business as a broker.
BROKERLY
BRO'KERLY, adjective Mean; servile.
BROKERY
BRO'KERY, noun The business of a broker. [Not used.]
BROKING
BRO'KING, participle present tense Transacting business as a broker; practiced by brokers.
BROME
BROME, noun [Gr. foetor.] A liquid of a deep red-brown color, very volatile, and having an ill smell, obtained from the mother-water of salt-works, and from the lixivia of the a...
BROME-GRASS
BROME-GRASS, noun A plant, the Bromus.
BRONCHIAL
BRONCH'IAL, adjective [Gr. the wind-pipe.] Belong to the bronchia, or ramifications of the wind-pipe in the lungs.The bronchial arteries are branches of the superior descending ...
BRONCHIC
BRONCH'IC, adjective The same as bronchial.
BRONCHOCELE
BRONCH'OCELE, noun [Gr. the wind-pipe, and, a tumor.]An enlarged thyroid gland; a tumor on the fore part of the neck, called goiter; the Derbyshire neck.
BRONCHOTOMY
BRONCHOT'OMY, noun [Gr. the wind-pipe, and, a cutting.]An incision into the wind pipe or larynx, between the rings; called also tracheotomy.
BROND
BROND, noun A sword. [See Brand.]
BRONTOLOGY
BRONTOL'OGY, noun [Gr. thunder, and discourse.]A discourse or dissertation upon thunder, containing an explanation of its causes and phenomena.
BRONZ
BRONZ,BRONZE, noun1. A compound of copper and tin, to which other metallic substances are sometimes added, especially zink. It is brittle, hard, and sonorous, and used for statu...
BRONZE
BRONZE, n.1. A compound of copper and tin, to which other metallic substances are sometimes added, especially zink. It is brittle, hard, and sonorous, and used for statues, bell...
BRONZING
BRONZ'ING, participle present tense Imitating bronze.BRONZ'ING, noun The act or art of imitating bronze, by means of copper-dust or leaf.
BRONZITE
BRONZ'ITE, noun [from bronze.] A mineral, called by Hauy diallage metalloide, nearly allied to Labrador hornblend, or hyperstene. It has a yellowish brown color and semi-metalli...
BROOCH
BROOCH, noun broche.1. An ornamental utensil for fastening the vest, or the bosom of a shirt, as formerly used in America. It is usually made of silver, often round, with a tong...
BROOD
BROOD, verb intransitive1. To sit on and cover, as a fowl on her eggs for the purpose of warming them and hatching chickens, or as a hen over her chickens, to warm and protect t...
BROODED
BROOD'ED, participle passive Covered with the wings; cherished.
BROODING
BROOD'ING, ppr. Sitting on; covering and warming; dwelling on with anxiety.
BROODY
BROOD'Y, adjective In a state of sitting on eggs for hatching; inclined to sit. [Unusual.]
BROOK
BROOK, noun [Gr. to rain, to pour, to flow.] A small natural stream of water, or a current flowing from a spring or fountain less than a river. In some parts of America, run is ...
BROOKY
BROOK'Y, adjective Abounding with brooks.