Part 1421

<h1>Brook mint</h1> <Xpage=185>

<hw>Brook" mint`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>See <er>Water mint</er>.</def>

<h1>Brookside</h1> <Xpage=185>

<hw>Brook"side`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The bank of a brook.</def>

<h1>Brookweed</h1> <Xpage=185>

<hw>Brook"weed`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A small white-flowered herb (<spn>Samolus Valerandi</spn>) found usually in wet places; water pimpernel.</def>

<h1>Broom</h1> <Xpage=185>

<hw>Broom</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>brom</ets>, <ets>brome</ets>, AS. <ets>br\'d3m</ets>; akin to LG. <ets>bram</ets>, D. <ets>brem</ets>, OHG. <ets>br\'bemo</ets> broom, thorn<?/bush, G. <ets>brombeere</ets> blackberry. Cf. <er>Bramble</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A plant having twigs suitable for making brooms to sweep with when bound together; esp., the <spn>Cytisus scoparius</spn> of Western Europe, which is a low shrub with long, straight, green, angular branches, mintue leaves, and large yellow flowers.</def>

<blockquote>No gypsy cowered o'er fires of furze and <b>broom</b>. <i>Wordsworth.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An implement for sweeping floors, etc., commonly made of the panicles or tops of broom corn, bound together or attached to a long wooden handle; -- so called because originally made of the twigs of the broom.</def>

<cs><col>Butcher's broom</col>, <cd>a plant (<spn>Ruscus aculeatus</spn>) of the Smilax family, used by butchers for brooms to sweep their blocks; -- called also <altname>knee holly</altname>. See <er>Cladophyll</er>.</cd> -- <col>Dyer's broom</col>, <cd>a species of mignonette (<spn>Reseda luteola</spn>), used for dyeing yellow; dyer's weed; dyer's rocket.</cd> -- <col>Spanish broom</col>. <cd>See under <er>Spanish</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Broom</h1> <Xpage=185>

<hw>Broom</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>See <er>Bream</er>.</def>

<h1>Broom corn</h1> <Xpage=185>

<hw>Broom" corn`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A variety of <spn>Sorghum vulgare</spn>, having a joined stem, like maize, rising to the height of eight or ten feet, and bearing its seeds on a panicle with long branches, of which brooms are made.</def>

<h1>Broom rape</h1> <Xpage=185>

<hw>Broom" rape`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus (<spn>Orobanche</spn>) of parasitic plants of Europe and Asia. They are destitute of chlorophyll, have scales instead of leaves, and spiked flowers, and grow attached to the roots of other plants, as furze, clover, flax, wild carrot, etc. The name is sometimes applied to other plants related to this genus, as <spn>Aphyllon uniflorum</spn>and <spn>A. Ludovicianum</spn>.</def>

<h1>Broomstaff</h1> <Xpage=185>

<hw>Broom"staff`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A broomstick.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Broomstick</h1> <Xpage=185>

<hw>Broom"stick`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A stick used as a handle of a broom.</def>

<h1>Broomy</h1> <Xpage=185>

<hw>Broom"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to broom; overgrowing with broom; resembling broom or a broom.</def>

<blockquote>If land grow mossy or <b>broomy</b>. <i>Mortimer.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Brose</h1> <Xpage=185>

<hw>Brose</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[CF. Gael. <ets>brothas</ets>. Cf. <er>Brewis</er>, <er>Broth</er>.]</ety> <def>Pottage made by pouring some boiling liquid on meal (esp. oatmeal), and stirring it. It is called beef <i>brose</i>, water <i>brose</i>, etc., according to the name of the liquid (beef broth, hot water, etc.) used.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>

<h1>Brotel</h1> <Xpage=185>