Webster's Dictionary 1913

5023

Broadspreading

Broad″spread′ing, a. Spreading widely.

5024

Broadsword

Broad″sword′ (�), n. A sword with a broad blade and a cutting edge; a claymore.I heard the broadsword's deadly clang.Sir W. Scott.

5025

Broadwise

Broad″wise′ (�), adv. Breadthwise.

5026

Brob

Brob (�), n. [Cf. Gael. brog, E. brog, n.] (Carp.) A peculiar brad-shaped spike, to be driven alongside the end of an abutting timber to prevent its slipping.

5027

Brobdingnagian

Brob′ding‐nag″i‐an (�), a. [From Brobdingnag, a country of giants in “Gulliver's Travels.”] Colossal; of extraordinary height; gigantic. — n. A giant. [Spelt often Brobdignagian.]

5028

Brocade

Bro‐cade″ (�), n. [Sp. brocado (cf. It. broccato, F. brocart), fr. LL. brocare *prick, to figure (textile fabrics), to emboss (linen), to stitch. See Broach.] Silk stuff, woven ...

5029

Brocaded

Bro‐cad″ed (�), a. 1. Woven or worked, as brocade, with gold and silver, or with raised flowers, etc.Brocaded flowers o'er the gay mantua shine.Gay.2. Dressed in brocade.

5030

Brocage

Bro″cage (�), n. See Brokkerage.

5031

Brocard

Broc″ard (�), n. [Perh. fr. Brocardica, Brocardicorum opus, a collection of ecclesiastical canons by Burkhard, Bishop of Worms, called, by the Italians and French, Brocard.] An ...

5032

Brocatel

Bro″ca‐tel (�), n. [F. brocatelle, fr. It. brocatello: cf. Sp. brocatel. See Brocade.] 1. A kind of coarse brocade, or figured fabric, used chiefly for tapestry, linings for car...

5033

Brocatello

Bro′ca‐tel″lo (�), n. Same as Brocatel.

5034

Broccoli

Broc″co‐li (�), n. [It. broccoli, pl. of broccolo sprout, cabbage sprout, dim. of brocco splinter. See Broach, n.] (Bot.) A plant of the Cabbage species (Brassica oleracea) of m...

5035

Brochantite

Broch″an‐tite (�), n. [From Brochant de Villiers, a French mineralogist.] (Min.) A basic sulphate of copper, occurring in emerald-green crystals.

5036

Broche

‖Broche (�), n. See Broach, n.

5037

Broché

‖Bro′ché″ (�), a. Woven with a figure; as, broché goods.

5038

Broché (2)

‖Bro′ché″ (brō̍′shā″), a. Stitched; — said of a book with no cover or only a paper one.

5039

Brochette

‖Bro′chette″ (brō̍′shĕt″), n. [F., dim. of broche. See Broach, n.] (Cookery) A small spit or skewer.— En bro`chette" (än), on a brochette; skewered.

5040

Brochure

‖Bro‐chure″ (�), n. [F., fr. brocher to stitch. See Broach, v. t.] A printed and stitched book containing only a few leaves; a pamphlet.

5041

Brock

Brock (�), n. [AS. broc, fr. W. broch; akin to Ir. & Gael. broc, Corn. & Armor. broch; cf. Ir. & Gael. breac speckled.] (Zoöl.) A badger.Or with pretense of chasing thence the b...

5042

Brock (2)

Brock, n. [See Brocket.] (Zoöl.) A brocket. Bailey.

5043

Brocken specter

{ Brock″en spec″terorspec″tre (?) }. [Trans. of G. Brockengespenst.] A mountain specter (which see), esp. that observed on the Brocken, in the Harz Mountains.

5044

Brocket

Brock″et (brŏk″ĕt), n. [OE. broket, F. broquart fallow deer a year old, fr. the same root as E. broach, meaning point (hence tine of a horn).] 1. (Zoöl.) A male red deer two yea...

5045

Brockish

Brock″ish, a. Beastly; brutal. Bale.

5046

Brodekin

Brode″kin (brōd″kĭn), n. [F. brodequin, OE. brossequin, fr. OD. broseken, brosekin, dim. of broos buskin, prob. fr. LL. byrsa leather, Gr. βύρσα skin, hide. Cf. Buskin.] A buski...

5047

Brog

Brog (brŏg), n. [Gael. Cf. Brob.] A pointed instrument, as a joiner's awl, a brad awl, a needle, or a small sharp stick.

5048

Brog (2)

Brog, v. t. To prod with a pointed instrument, as a lance; also, to broggle. Sir W. Scott.

5049

Brogan

Bro″gan (�), n. A stout, coarse shoe; a brogue.