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One whose occupation is to dye cloth and the like. Dyer's broom, Dyer's rocket, Dyer's weed. See Dyer's broom, under Broom.

ves of barrels to make the latter water-tight. -- Corn flag. See under 2d Corn. -- Flag broom, a coarse of broom, originally made of flags or rushes. -- Flag root, the root of the sweet flag. -- Sweet flag. See Calamus, n., 2.

t, for foil of his milk- white to serve. Sir P. Sidney. Hector has a foil to set him off. Broome.

A genus of plants including the common broom of Western Europe.

See Greenbroom.

evergreen leaves, and handsome clusters of pink flowers. It is used in Great Britain for brooms, thatch, beds for the poor, and for heating ovens. It is also called heather, and ling.

A rough, flat scrubbing broom for scrubbing a ship's bottom under water. Totten.

raise-worthy; worthy of censure or disapprobation. Milton. -- Il*laud"a*bly, adv. [Obs.] Broome.

let (Bot.), a tall annual grass (Sorghum vulgare), having many varieties, among which are broom corn, Guinea corn, durra, and the Chinese sugar cane. It is called also Guinea corn. See Durra. -- Indian ox (Zoöl.), the zebu. -- Indian paint. See Bloodroot. -- Indian paper. See India paper, under India. -- Indian phy…

Endless or indefinite number; great multitude; as an infinity of beauties. Broome.

er. Silence is the first thing that is taught us at our initiation into sacred mysteries. Broome.

hich do not concern the inquirer. A wise man is not inquisitive about things impertinent. Broome.

non found it an invidious affair to give the preference to any one of the Grecian heroes. Broome. -- In*vid"i*ous*ly, adv. -- In*vid"i*ous*ness, n.

ion. Shak. Knee breeches. See under Breeches. -- Knee holly, Knee holm (Bot.), butcher's broom. -- Knee jerk (Physiol.) a jerk or kick produced by a blow or sudden strain upon the patellar tendon of the knee, which causes a sudden contraction of the quadriceps muscle; one of the so-called tendon reflexes. -- Knee jo…

One who copies manuscript books. [Obs.] Broome.

mber of feet, according to the measure. In the preceding line Ulysses speaks of Nausicaa. Broome.

Adapted to excite laughter, without scorn or contempt; sportive. Broome. A chapter upon German rhetoric would be in the same ludicrous predicament as Van Troil's chapter on the snakes of Iceland, which delivers its business in one summary sentence, announcing, that snakes in Iceland -- there are none. De Quincey.…

A yellow dyestuff obtained from the foliage of the dyer's broom (Reseda luteola).

oice in reading or speaking. Could any person so modulate her voice as to deceive so many Broome.

y have hope of doing it without a return. Atterbury. This interview outrages all decency. Broome.