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The root of a leguminous plant (Psoralea esculenta), found near the Rocky Mountains. It is usually oval in form, and abounds in farinaceous matter, affording sweet and palatable food.

Grain, flour, or meal of which bread is made.

Distance from side to side of any surface or thing; measure across, or at right angles to the length; width.

Without breadth.

Breadthwise. Whewell.

In the direction of the breadth.

The member of a family whose labor supplies the food of the family; one who works for his living. H. Spencer.

Widespread.

Spreading widely.

Oatmeal cake or bread clapped or beaten till it is thin. [Obs.] Halliwell.

The reading of the lines of a newspaper directly across the page, instead of down the columns, thus producing a ludicrous combination of ideas.

Profoundly book-learned. "Great writers and deep-read men." L'Estrange.

See Dispread.

To spread abroad, or different ways; to spread apart; to open; as, the sun dispreads his beams. Spenser.

One who spreads abroad. Dispreaders both of vice and error. Milton.

Consisting of two threads twisted together; using two threads.

ee; to regard, or look forward to, with terrific apprehension. When at length the moment dreaded through so many years came close, the dark cloud passed away from Johnson's mind. Macaulay.

Armed with dreaded bolts. "Dread-bolted thunder." [Poetic] Shak.

Worthy of being dreaded.

One who fears, or lives in fear.