Part 1413

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Subdued; humbled; contrite.</def>

<blockquote>The sacrifices of God are a <b>broken</b> spirit. <i>Ps. li. 17.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>Subjugated; trained for use, as a horse.</def>

<p><b>7.</b> <def>Crushed and ruined as by something that destroys hope; blighted.</def> "Her <i>broken</i> love and life."

<i>G. Eliot.</i>

<p><b>8.</b> <def>Not carried into effect; not adhered to; violated; <as>as, a <ex>broken</ex> promise, vow, or contract; a <ex>broken</ex> law.</as></def>

<p><b>9.</b> <def>Ruined financially; incapable of redeeming promises made, or of paying debts incurred; <as>as, a <ex>broken</ex> bank; a <ex>broken</ex> tradesman.</as></def>

<p><b>10.</b> <def>Imperfectly spoken, as by a foreigner; <as>as, <ex>broken</ex> English</as>; imperfectly spoken on account of emotion; <as>as, to say a few <ex>broken</ex> words at parting</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Amidst the <b>broken</b> words and loud weeping of those grave senators. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Broken ground</col>. <cd><sd>(a)</sd> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> Rough or uneven ground; as, the troops were retarded in their advance by <i>broken ground<i>. <sd>(b)</sd> Ground recently opened with the plow.</cd> -- <col>Broken line</col> <fld>(Geom.)</fld>, <cd>the straight lines which join a number of given points taken in some specified order.</cd> -- <col>Broken meat</col>, <cd>fragments of meat or other food.</cd> -- <col>Broken number</col>, <cd>a fraction.</cd> -- <col>Broken weather</col>, <cd>unsettled weather.</cd></cs>

<h1>Broken-backed</h1> <Xpage=184>

<hw>Bro"ken-backed`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Having a broken back; <as>as, a <ex>broken-backed</ex> chair</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>Hogged; so weakened in the frame as to droop at each end; -- said of a ship.</def>

<i>Totten.</i>

<h1>Broken-bellied</h1> <Xpage=184>

<hw>Bro"ken-bel`lied</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having a ruptured belly.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Broken-hearted</h1> <Xpage=184>

<hw>Bro"ken-heart`ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having the spirits depressed or crushed by grief or despair.</def>

<blockquote>She left her husband almost <b>broken-hearted</b>. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Disconsolable; heart-broken; inconsolable; comfortless; woe-begone; forlorn.</syn>

<h1>Brokenly</h1> <Xpage=184>

<hw>Bro"ken*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a broken, interrupted manner; in a broken state; in broken language.</def>

<blockquote>The pagans worship God . . . as it were <b>brokenly</b> and by piecemeal. <i>Cudworth.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Brokenness</h1> <Xpage=184>

<hw>Bro"ken*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The state or quality of being broken; unevenness.</def>

<i>Macaulay.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Contrition; <as>as, <ex>brokenness</ex> of heart</as>.</def>

<h1>Broken wind</h1> <Xpage=184>