A wild duck (Aythya marila, or Fuligula marila), which appears in large numbers on the eastern coast of the United States, in autumn; -- called also bluebill, blackhead, raft duck, and scaup duck. See Scaup duck.

A hat with a very broad brim, like those worn by men of the society of Friends.

to cast or disperse in all directions, as seed from the hand in sowing; to diffuse widely.

someone who broadcasts on radio or television.

the medium that disseminates via telecommunications; radio and television.

A fine smooth-faced woolen cloth for men's garments, usually of double width (i.e., a yard and a half); -- so called in distinction from woolens three quarters of a yard wide.

To make broad or broader; to render more broad or comprehensive.

Rather broad; moderately broad.

A tree (Terminalia latifolia) of Jamaica, the wood of which is used for boards, scantling, shingles, etc; -- sometimes called the almond tree, from the shape of its fruit.

In a broad manner.

One of the Eurylaimid/, a family of East Indian passerine birds.

The condition or quality of being broad; breadth; coarseness; grossness.

An old English gold coin, broader than a guinea, as a Carolus or Jacobus.

To stamp with the broad seal; to make sure; to guarantee or warrant.

The side of a ship above the water line, from the bow to the quarter.

Widespread.

Spreading widely.

A sword with a broad blade and a cutting edge; a claymore.

the fur of a very young karakul lamb.

a street in Manhattan famous for its restaurants and its theaters in the Times Square area. At its intersection with Seventh Avenue, it forms Times Square, an area with impressive displays of bright lights, particularly advertising; it is considered by some to be the cultural center of New York City.

Breadthwise.

A peculiar brad-shaped spike, to be driven alongside the end of an abutting timber to prevent its slipping.

Colossal; of extraordinary height; gigantic. A giant.

Silk stuff, woven with gold and silver threads, or ornamented with raised flowers, foliage, etc.; -- also applied to other stuffs thus wrought and enriched.

Woven or worked, as brocade, with gold and silver, or with raised flowers, etc.

See Brokkerage.

An elementary principle or maximum; a short, proverbial rule, in law, ethics, or metaphysics.

A kind of coarse brocade, or figured fabric, used chiefly for tapestry, linings for carriages, etc.

Same as Brocatel.

A plant of the Cabbage species (Brassica oleracea) of many varieties, resembling the cauliflower. The /curd,/ or flowering head, is the part used for food.

A basic sulphate of copper, occurring in emerald-green crystals.

See Broach, n.

A small spit or skewer.

A printed and stitched book containing only a few leaves; a pamphlet; a single sheet folded to make four pages.

A brocket.

A male red deer two years old; -- sometimes called brock.

Beastly; brutal.

A buskin or half-boot.

To prod with a pointed instrument, as a lance; also, to broggle.

A stout, coarse shoe; a brogue.

To sniggle, or fish with a brog.

A stout, coarse shoe; a brogan.

Breeches.

To braid.

To embroider.

One who embroiders.

Embroidery.

To be subjected to the action of heat, as meat over the fire; to be greatly heated, or to be made uncomfortable with heat.

cooked by direct exposure to radiant heat.

One who broils, or cooks by broiling.

Excessively hot; as, a broiling sun. The act of causing anything to broil.

See Brokerage.

imp. p. p. of Break.

Separated into parts or pieces by violence; divided into fragments; as, a broken chain or rope; a broken dish.

Having a broken back; as, a broken-backed chair.

Having a ruptured belly.

Having the spirits depressed or crushed by grief or despair.

Having short breath or disordered respiration, as a horse.

In a broken, interrupted manner; in a broken state; in broken language.

The state or quality of being broken; unevenness.

a financial specialist who trades for his own account and so acts both as a broker and principal.

The business or employment of a broker.

Mean; servile.

The business of a broker.

Of or pertaining to a broker or brokers, or to brokerage.

Aliment; food.

An oily, colorless fluid, CBr3.COH, related to bromoform, as chloral is to chloroform, and obtained by the action of bromine on alcohol.

A colorless or white crystalline compound, (CH2)6N4C2H5Br, used as a sedative in epilepsy.

A substance analogous to chloranil but containing bromine in place of chlorine.

To combine or impregnate with bromine; as, bromated camphor.

One versed in the science of foods.

The science of aliments.

See Bromine.

Pertaining to, or resembling, a family of endogenous and mostly epiphytic or saxicolous plants of which the genera Tillandsia and Billbergia are examples. The pineapple, though terrestrial, is also of this family.

Of, pertaining to, or containing, bromine; -- said of those compounds of bromine in which this element has a valence of five, or the next to its highest; as, bromic acid.

A compound of bromine with a positive radical.

of or pertaining to bromide (definition 2).

A conventional comment or saying, such as those characteristic of bromides{2}; a bromide{3}.

See Bromate, v. t.

One of the halogen elements, related in its chemical qualities to chlorine and iodine. Atomic weight 79.8. Symbol Br. It is a deep reddish brown liquid of a very disagreeable odor, emitting a brownish vapor at the ordinary temperature. In combination it is found in minute quantities in sea water, and in many saline springs. It occurs also in the mineral bromyrite.

A diseased condition produced by the excessive use of bromine or one of its compounds. It is characterized by mental dullness and muscular weakness.

To prepare or treat with bromine; as, to bromize a silvered plate.

A carbonate of baryta and lime, intermediate between witherite and strontianite; -- called also alstonite.

A colorless liquid, CHBr3, having an agreeable odor and sweetish taste. It is produced by the simultaneous action of bromine and caustic potash upon wood spirit, alcohol, or acetone, as also by certain other reactions. In composition it is the same as chloroform, with the substitution of bromine for chlorine. It is somewhat similar to chloroform in its effects.

Designating or pertaining to, a process of preparing dry plates with an emulsion of bromides and silver nitrate in gelatin.

Poisoning induced by large doses of bromine and iodine or of their compounds.

Treated with bromides and iodides.

A crystalline substance (chemically, tribromophenol, C6H2Br3OH), used as an antiseptic and disinfectant.

A pungent colorless explosive liquid, CNO2Br3, analogous to and resembling chlorpicrin.

A mixture containing morphine and cocaine, and sometimes other narcotic substances, such as heroin, in an alcoholic solution, administered mostly to terminally ill patients, especially cancer patients, to relieve severe pain. Its use is not universally accepted as good medical practice.

See Bromide.

Silver bromide, a rare mineral; -- called also bromargyrite.

an unbroken or imperfectly broken mustang.

See Bronchus.

The bronchial tubes which arise from the branching of the trachea, esp. the subdivision of the bronchi.

Belonging to the bronchi and their ramifications in the lungs.

Bronchial.

of or pertaining to a bronchiole.

A minute bronchial tube.

inflammation of the membranes lining the bronchioles.

Of or pertaining to bronchitis; as, bronchitic inflammation.

Inflammation, acute or chronic, of the bronchial tubes or any part of them.

A native or a Mexican horse of small size.

Inflammation of the bronchi and lungs; catarrhal pneumonia.

See Goiter.

A modification of the voice sounds, by which they are intensified and heightened in pitch; -- observed in auscultation of the chest in certain cases of intro-thoracic disease.

An instrument for cutting into the bronchial tubes.

An incision into the windpipe or larynx, including the operations of tracheotomy and laryngotomy.

One of the subdivisions of the trachea or windpipe; esp. one of the two primary divisions.

Same as Broncho.

A sword.

A tracing or chart showing the phenomena attendant on thunderstorms. An instrument for making such tracings, as a recording brontometer.

An a/rolite.

A treatise upon thunder.

An instrument for noting or recording phenomena attendant on thunderstorms.

a dinosaur of the genus Brontosaurus; an individual may also be called a brontosaurus or an apatosaurus.

A genus of large sauropod American dinosaurs of the jurassic era, or an individual of that genus. A length of sixty feet is believed to have been attained by these reptiles. The genus is also called Apatosaurus, and individuals of the genus are also called brontosaurs.

A genus of large extinct mammals from the miocene strata of western North America. They were allied to the rhinoceros, but the skull bears a pair of powerful horn cores in front of the orbits, and the fore feet were four-toed. See Illustration in Appendix.

An extinct animal of large size, known from its three-toed footprints in Mesozoic sandstone.

To give an appearance of bronze to, by a coating of bronze powder, or by other means; to make of the color of bronze; as, to bronze plaster casts; to bronze coins or medals.