Broom corn
Broom″ corn′ (�). (Bot.) A variety of Sorghum vulgare, having a joined stem, like maize, rising to the height of eight or ten feet, and bearing its seeds on a panicle with long ...
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Broom rape
Broom″ rape′ (�). (Bot.) A genus (Orobanche) of parasitic plants of Europe and Asia. They are destitute of chlorophyll, have scales instead of leaves, and spiked flowers, and gr...
Broomstaff
Broom″staff′ (�), n. A broomstick. Shak.
Broomstick
Broom″stick′ (�), n. A stick used as a handle of a broom.
Broomy
Broom″y (�), a. Of or pertaining to broom; overgrowing with broom; resembling broom or a broom.If land grow mossy or broomy.Mortimer.
Brose
Brose (�), n. [CF. Gael. brothas. Cf. Brewis, Broth.] Pottage made by pouring some boiling liquid on meal (esp. oatmeal), and stirring it. It is called beef brose, water brose, ...
Brotel
Brot″el (�), a. Brittle. Chaucer.
Brotelness
Brot″el‐ness, n. Brittleness. Chaucer.
Broth
Broth (�), n. [AS. bro�; akin to OHG. brod, brot; cf. Ir. broth, Gael. brot. √93. Cf. Brewis, Brew.] Liquid in which flesh (and sometimes other substances, as barley or rice) ha...
Brothel
Broth″el (�), n. [OE. brothel, brodel, brethel, a prostitute, a worthless fellow, fr. AS. beró�an to ruin, destroy; cf. AS. breótan to break, and E. brittle. The term brothel ho...
Brotheler
Broth″el‐er (�), n. One who frequents brothels.
Brothelry
Broth″el‐ry (�), n. Lewdness; obscenity; a brothel. B. Jonson.
Brother
Broth″er (brŭt͡h″ẽr), n.; pl.Brothers (brŭt͡h″ẽrz) or Brethren (brĕt͡h″rĕn). See Brethren. [OE. brother, AS. brōðor; akin to OS. brothar, D. broeder, OHG. pruodar, G. bruder, Ic...
Brother (2)
Broth″er (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Brothered (�).] To make a brother of; to call or treat as a brother; to admit to a brotherhood. Sir W. Scott.
Brother german
Broth″er ger″man (�). (Law) A brother by both the father's and mother's side, in contradistinction to a uterine brother, one by the mother only. Bouvier.
Brother-in-law
Broth″er–in–law′ (�), n.; pl.Brothers-in-law (�). The brother of one's husband or wife; also, the husband of one's sister; sometimes, the husband of one's wife's sister.
Brotherhood
Broth″er‐hood (�), n. [Brother + -hood.] 1. The state of being brothers or a brother.2. An association for any purpose, as a society of monks; a fraternity.3. The whole body of ...
Brotherliness
Broth″er‐li‐ness (�), n. The state or quality of being brotherly.
Brotherly
Broth″er‐ly (�), a. Of or pertaining to brothers; such as is natural for brothers; becoming to brothers; kind; affectionate; as, brotherly love.Syn. — Fraternal; kind; affection...
Brotherly (2)
Broth″er‐ly, adv. Like a brother; affectionately; kindly. “I speak but brotherly of him.” Shak.
Brouded
Broud″ed (�), p.a. Braided; broidered.Alle his clothes brouded up and down.Chaucer.
Brougham
Brough″am (�), n. A light, close carriage, with seats inside for two or four, and the fore wheels so arranged as to turn short.
Brow
Brow (�), n. [OE. browe, bruwe, AS. br�; akin to AS. br�w, breáw, eyelid, OFries. brē, D. braauw, Icel. brā, br�n, OHG. prāwa, G. braue, OSlav. br�v�, Russ. brove, Ir. brai, Ir....
Brow (2)
Brow, v. t. To bound to limit; to be at, or form, the edge of.Tending my flocks hard by i' the hilly croftsThat brow this bottom glade.Milton.
Browbeat
Brow″beat′ (�), v. t. [imp.Browbeat; p. p.Browbeaten (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Browbeating.] To depress or bear down with haughty, stern looks, or with arrogant speech and dogmatic as...
Browbeating
Brow″beat′ing, n. The act of bearing down, abashing, or disconcerting, with stern looks, supercilious manners, or confident assertions.The imperious browbeatings and scorn of gr...
Browbound
Brow″bound′ (–bound′), a. Crowned; having the head encircled as with a diadem. Shak.