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The blade of a leaf; the broad, expanded portion of a petal or sepal of a flower. Gray.

A genus of great seaweeds with long and broad fronds; kelp, or devil's apron. The fronds commonly grow in clusters, and are sometimes from thirty to fifty feet in length. See Illust. of Kelp.

A broad-leafed fossil alga.

A passageway between fences or hedges which is not traveled as a highroad; an alley between buildings; a narrow way among trees, ras, a lane between lines of men, or through a field of ice. It is become a turn-again lane unto them which they can not go through. Tyndale.

European bird of the Plover family (Vanellus cristatus, or V. vanellus). It has long and broad wings, and is noted for its rapid, irregular fight, upwards, downwards, and in circles. Its back is coppery or greenish bronze. Its eggs are the "plover's eggs" of the London market, esteemed a delicacy. It is called also pee…

Having more than usual power or capacity; having broad sympathies and generous impulses; comprehensive; -- said of the mind and heart.

A broad stripe of purple on the fore part of the tunic, worn by senators in ancient Rome as an emblem of office.

Broad-ribbed.

Broad-toothed.

Having broad leaves.

Having a broad beak. Sir T. Browne.

The broad-billed singing birds, such as the swallows, and their allies.

Having a broad breastbone, or sternum; -- said of anthropoid apes.

-- Law of nations. See International law, under International. -- Law of nature. (a) A broad generalization expressive of the constant action, or effect, of natural conditions; as, death is a law of nature; self-defense is a law of nature. See Law, 4. (b) A term denoting the standard, or system, of morality deducible…

Having (such) a leaf or (so many) leaves; -- used in composition; as, broad-leafed; four-leafed.

A stone erected near a public road to mark the distance of a league. [Obs.]

A plant of the genus Allium (A. Porrum), having broadly linear succulent leaves rising from a loose oblong cylindrical bulb. The flavor is stronger than that of the common onion. Wild leek , in America, a plant (Allium tricoccum) with a cluster of ovoid bulbs and large oblong elliptical leaves.

d on the left; nearer the left hand than the right; as, the left-hand side; the left-hand road. Left-hand rope, rope laid up and twisted over from right to left, or against the sun; -- called also water-laid rope.

To extent in length; to make longer in extent or duration; as, to lengthen a line or a road; to lengthen life; -- sometimes followed by out. What if I please to lengthen out his date. Dryden.

An order of insects, which includes the butterflies and moths. They have broad wings, covered with minute overlapping scales, usually brightly colored.