Part 1363

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The tree itself, which is one of considerable size, with large, lobed leaves. Cloth is made from the bark, and the timber is used for many purposes. Called also <altname>breadfruit tree</altname> and <altname>bread tree</altname>.</def>

<h1>Breadless</h1> <Xpage=177>

<hw>Bread"less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Without bread; destitude of food.</def>

<blockquote>Plump peers and <b>breadless</b> bards alike are dull. <i>P. Whitehead.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Breadroot</h1> <Xpage=177>

<hw>Bread`root"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The root of a leguminous plant (<spn>Psoralea esculenta</spn>), found near the Rocky Mountains. It is usually oval in form, and abounds in farinaceous matter, affording sweet and palatable food.</def>

<note>&hand; It is the <i>Pomme blanche</i> of Canadian voyageurs.</note>

<h1>Breadstuff</h1> <Xpage=177>

<hw>Bread"stuff</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Grain, flour, or meal of which bread is made.</def>

<h1>Breadth</h1> <Xpage=177>

<hw>Breadth</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>brede</ets>, <ets>breede</ets>, whence later <ets>bredette</ets>, AS. <ets>br</ets><?/du, fr. <ets>br\'bed</ets> broad. See <er>Broad</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Distance from side to side of any surface or thing; measure across, or at right angles to the length; width.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> (<fld>Fine Arts</fld>) The quality of having the colors and shadows broad and massive, and the arrangement of objects such as to avoid to great multiplicity of details, producing an impression of largeness and simple grandeur; -- called also <altname>breadth of effect</altname>.

<blockquote><b>Breadth</b> of coloring is a prominent character in the painting of all great masters. <i>Weale.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Breadthless</h1> <Xpage=177>

<hw>Breadth"less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Without breadth.</def>

<h1>Breadthways</h1> <Xpage=177>

<hw>Breadth"ways</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>ads.</tt> <def>Breadthwise.</def>

<i>Whewell.</i>

<h1>Breadthwise</h1> <Xpage=177>

<hw>Breadth"wise</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>ads.</tt> <def>In the direction of the breadth.</def>

<h1>Breadthwinner</h1> <Xpage=177>

<hw>Breadth"win`ner</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The member of a family whose labor supplies the food of the family; one who works for his living.</def>

<i>H. Spencer.</i>

<h1>Break</h1> <Xpage=177>

<hw>Break</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp.</tt> <er>broke</er> <tt>(?)</tt>, (<mark>Obs.</mark> <er>Brake</er>); <tt>p. p.</tt> <er>Broken</er> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, (<mark>Obs.</mark> <er>Broke</er>); <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Breaking</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>breken</ets>, AS. <ets>brecan</ets>; akin to OS. <ets>brekan</ets>, D. <ets>breken</ets>, OHG. <ets>brehhan</ets>, G. <ets>brechen</ets>, Icel.<ets>braka</ets> to creak, Sw. <ets>braka</ets>, <ets>br\'84kka</ets> to crack, Dan. <ets>br\'91kke</ets> to break, Goth. <ets>brikan</ets> to break, L. <ets>frangere</ets>. Cf. <er>Bray</er> to pound, <er>Breach</er>, <er>Fragile</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; <as>as, to <ex>break</ex> a rope or chain; to <ex>break</ex> a seal; to <ex>break</ex> an axle; to <ex>break</ex> rocks or coal; to <ex>break</ex> a lock.</as></def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To lay open as by breaking; to divide; <as>as, to <ex>break</ex> a package of goods</as>.</def>