Part 1412

<blockquote>The planets and comets had been <b>broiling</b> in the sun. <i>Cheyne.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Broiler</h1> <Xpage=183>

<hw>Broil"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who excites broils; one who engages in or promotes noisy quarrels.</def>

<blockquote>What doth he but turn <b>broiler</b>, . . . make new libels against the church? <i>Hammond.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Broiler</h1> <Xpage=183>

<hw>Broil"er</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who broils, or cooks by broiling.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A gridiron or other utensil used in broiling.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A chicken or other bird fit for broiling.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<h1>Broiling</h1> <Xpage=183>

<hw>Broil"ing</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Excessively hot; <as>as, a <ex>broiling</ex> sun</as>.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of causing anything to broil.</def></def2>

<h1>Brokage</h1> <Xpage=183>

<hw>Bro"kage</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Brokerage</er>.</def>

<h1>Broke</h1> <Xpage=183>

<hw>Broke</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Broker</er>, and cf. <er>Brook</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To transact business for another.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Brome.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To act as procurer in love matters; to pimp.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>We do want a certain necessary woman to <b>broke</b> between them, Cupid said. <i>Fanshawe.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>And <b>brokes</b> with all that can in such a suit Corrupt the tender honor of a maid. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

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<h1>Broke</h1> <Xpage=184>

<hw>Broke</hw> <tt>(br&omac;k)</tt>, <def><tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> of <er>Break</er>.</def>

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<hw>Bro"ken</hw> <tt>(br&omac;"k'n)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Break</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Separated into parts or pieces by violence; divided into fragments; <as>as, a <ex>broken</ex> chain or rope; a <ex>broken</ex> dish.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Disconnected; not continuous; also, rough; uneven; <as>as, a <ex>broken</ex> surface</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Fractured; cracked; disunited; sundered; strained; apart; <as>as, a <ex>broken</ex> reed; <ex>broken</ex> friendship.</as></def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Made infirm or weak, by disease, age, or hardships.</def>

<blockquote>The one being who remembered him as he been before his mind was <b>broken</b>. <i>G. Eliot.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The <b>broken</b> soldier, kindly bade to stay, Sat by his fire, and talked the night away. <i>Goldsmith.</i></blockquote>