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2. (Naut.) Hogged; so weakened in the frame as to droop at each end; -- said of a ship. Totten.

Bro"ken-bel`lied (&?;), a. Having a ruptured belly. [R.]

Bro"ken-heart`ed (&?;), a. Having the spirits depressed or crushed by grief or despair.

She left her husband almost broken-hearted. Macaulay.

Syn. -- Disconsolable; heart-broken; inconsolable; comfortless; woe-begone; forlorn.

Bro"ken*ly, adv. In a broken, interrupted manner; in a broken state; in broken language.

The pagans worship God . . . as it were brokenly and by piecemeal. Cudworth.

Bro"ken*ness, n. 1. The state or quality of being broken; unevenness. Macaulay.

2. Contrition; as, brokenness of heart.

Bro"ken wind` (&?;). (Far.) The heaves.

Bro"ken-wind`ed, a. (Far.) Having short breath or disordered respiration, as a horse.

Bro"ker (br"kr), n. [OE. brocour, from a word akin to broken, bruken, to use, enjoy, possess, digest, fr. AS. brcan to use, enjoy; cf. Fries. broker, F. brocanteur. See Brook, v. t.] 1. One who transacts business for another; an agent.

2. (Law) An agent employed to effect bargains and contracts, as a middleman or negotiator, between other persons, for a compensation commonly called brokerage. He takes no possession, as broker, of the subject matter of the negotiation. He generally contracts in the names of those who employ him, and not in his own. Story.

3. A dealer in money, notes, bills of exchange, etc.

4. A dealer in secondhand goods. [Eng.]

5. A pimp or procurer. [Obs.] Shak.

Bill broker, one who buys and sells notes and bills of exchange. -- Curbstone broker or Street broker, an operator in stocks (not a member of the Stock Exchange) who executes orders by running from office to office, or by transactions on the street. [U.S.] -- Exchange broker, one who buys and sells uncurrent money, and deals in exchanges relating to money. -- Insurance broker, one who is agent in procuring insurance on vessels, or against fire. -- Pawn broker. See Pawnbroker. -- Real estate broker, one who buys and sells lands, and negotiates loans, etc., upon mortgage. - - Ship broker, one who acts as agent in buying and selling ships, procuring freight, etc. -- Stock broker. See Stockbroker.

Bro"ker*age (&?;), n. 1. The business or employment of a broker. Burke.

2. The fee, reward, or commission, given or changed for transacting business as a broker.

Bro"ker*ly, a. Mean; servile. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Bro"ker*y (&?;), n. The business of a broker. [Obs.]

And with extorting, cozening, forfeiting, And tricks belonging unto brokery. Marlowe.

Bro"king (&?;), a. Of or pertaining to a broker or brokers, or to brokerage. [Obs.]

Redeem from broking pawn the blemished crown. Shak.

Bro"ma (br"m), n. [NL., fr. Gr. brw^ma food, bibrw`skein to eat.] 1. (Med.) Aliment; food. Dunglison.

2. A light form of prepared cocoa (or cacao), or the drink made from it.

Bro"mal (br"mal), n. [Bromine + aldehyde.] (Chem.) An oily, colorless fluid, CBr3.COH, related to bromoform, as chloral is to chloroform, and obtained by the action of bromine on alcohol.

Bro"mate (&?;), n. (Chem.) A salt of bromic acid.