Part 1406

<p><b>6.</b> <def>Plain; evident; <as>as, a <ex>broad</ex> hint</as>.</def>

<p><b>7.</b> <def>Free; unrestrained; unconfined.</def>

<blockquote>As <b>broad</b> and general as the casing air. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>8.</b> <fld>(Fine Arts)</fld> <def>Characterized by breadth. See <er>Breadth</er>.</def>

<p><b>9.</b> <def>Cross; coarse; indelicate; <as>as, a <ex>broad</ex> compliment; a <ex>broad</ex> joke; <ex>broad</ex> humor.</as></def>

<p><b>10.</b> <def>Strongly marked; <as>as, a <ex>broad</ex> Scotch accent</as>.</def>

<note>&hand; <i>Broad</i> is often used in compounds to signify <i>wide</i>, <i>large</i>, etc.; <as>as, <ex>broad</ex>-chested, <ex>broad</ex>-shouldered, <ex>broad</ex>-spreading, <ex>broad</ex>-winged.</note>

<cs><col>Broad acres</col>. <cd>See under <er>Acre</er>.</cd> -- <col>Broad arrow</col>, <cd>originally a pheon. See <er>Pheon</er>, and <i>Broad arrow<i> under <er>Arrow</er>.</cd> -- <col>As broad as long</col>, <cd>having the length equal to the breadth; hence, the same one way as another; coming to the same result by different ways or processes.</cd></cs>

<blockquote>It is as <b>broad as long</b>, whether they rise to others, or bring others down to them. <i>L'Estrange.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Broad pennant</col>. <cd>See under <er>Pennant</er>.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- Wide; large; ample; expanded; spacious; roomy; extensive; vast; comprehensive; liberal.</syn>

<h1>Broad</h1> <Xpage=183>

<hw>Broad</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The broad part of anything; <as>as, the <ex>broad</ex> of an oar</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The spread of a river into a sheet of water; a flooded fen.</def> <mark>[Local, Eng.]</mark>

<i>Southey.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders.</def>

<i>Knight.</i>

<h1>Broadax Broadaxe</h1> <Xpage=183>

<hw><hw>Broad"ax` Broad"axe`</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An ancient military weapon; a battle-ax.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An ax with a broad edge, for hewing timber.</def>

<h1>Broadbill</h1> <Xpage=183>

<hw>Broad"bill`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A wild duck (<spn>Aythya, &or; Fuligula, marila)</spn>, which appears in large numbers on the eastern coast of the United States, in autumn; -- called also <altname>bluebill</altname>, <altname>blackhead</altname>, <altname>raft duck</altname>, and <altname>scaup duck</altname>. See <er>Scaup duck</er>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The shoveler. See <er>Shoveler</er>.</def>

<h1>Broadbrim</h1> <Xpage=183>

<hw>Broad"brim`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A hat with a very broad brim, like those worn by men of the society of Friends.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A member of the society of Friends; a Quaker.</def> <mark>[Sportive]</mark>

<h1>Broad-brimmed</h1> <Xpage=183>

<hw>Broad"-brimmed`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having a broad brim.</def>