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An instrument for cutting into the bronchial tubes.

An incision into the windpipe or larynx, including the operations of tracheotomy and laryngotomy.

An instrument for noting or recording phenomena attendant on thunderstorms.

A plant having twigs suitable for making brooms to sweep with when bound together; esp., the Cytisus scoparius of Western Europe, which is a low shrub with long, straight, green, angular branches, mintue leaves, and large yellow flowers. No gypsy cowered o'er fires of furze and broom. Wordsworth.

of eight or ten feet, and bearing its seeds on a panicle with long branches, of which brooms are made.

ched 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 Aphyllon uniflorumand A. Ludovicianum.

A broomstick. [Obs.] Shak.

A stick used as a handle of a broom.

Of or pertaining to broom; overgrowing with broom; resembling broom or a broom. If land grow mossy or broomy. Mortimer.

A scaraboid beetle; esp. the Typhæus vulgaris of Europe.

da sheriff was bunkum . . . slavery speeches are all bunkum. Haliburton. To speak for Buncombe, to speak for mere show, or popularly.

ausing uneasiness or fatigue; oppressive. The debt immense of endless gratitude So burdensome. Milton.

An aquatic bird, the glaucous gull (Larus glaucus), common in arctic regions.

A genus of plants (Ruscus); esp. R. aculeatus, which has large red berries and leaflike branches. See Cladophyll.

An instrument for determining the amount of fatty matter or butter contained in a sample of milk.

Yielding; pliable or compliant; ready to obey; obedient; tractable; docile; meek; humble. [Obs.] So wild a beast, so tame ytaught to be, And buxom to his bands, is joy to see. Spenser. I submit myself unto this holy church of Christ, to be ever buxom and obedient to the ordinance of it. Foxe.

A private room or apartment. "Stand in some by-room" Shak.

A North American carnivore (Bassaris astuta), about the size of a cat, related to the raccoons. It inhabits Mexico, Texas, and California.

Diseased or gangrenous condition of the mouth.

Mild chloride of mercury, Hg