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A lead-gray sectile mineral. It is a telluride of silver.

A deep, broad-mouthed vessel of earthenware or glass, for holding fruit, preserves, etc., or for ornamental purposes; as, a jar of honey; a rose jar. Dryden.

A cloth colored green by dye obtained from the woad-waxen, formerly used by Flemish weavers at Kendal, in Westmoreland, England. J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants). How couldst thou know these men in Kendal green Shak.

A broad-leafed fossil alga.

lanyards of the gun ports, of the buoy, and the like; esp., pieces passing through the dead-eyes, and used to extend shrouds, stays, etc.

Broad-ribbed.

Broad-toothed.

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

A genus of maritime herbs (Plumbago). P. Europæa has lead- colored spots on the leaves, and nearly lead-colored flowers.

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

corice. (Bot.) (a) The North American perennial herb Glycyrrhiza lepidota. (b) Certain broad-leaved cleavers (Galium circæzans and G. lanceolatum). (c) The leguminous climber Abrus precatorius, whose scarlet and black seeds are called black-eyed Susans. Its roots are used as a substitute for those of true licorice (Gly…

A mineral occurring in soft, lead-gray, foliated masses or scales, resembling graphite; sulphide of molybdenum.

A mineral of blackish lead-gray color and metallic luster, generally of a foliated massive structure; foliated tellurium. It is a telluride of lead and gold.

The winged cap of Mercury; also, a broad-brimmed, low-crowned hat worn by Greeks and Romans.

The lead-colored agate; -- so called in reference to its color.

A sulphide of lead and antimony, of a blackish lead-gray color and metallic luster.

Broad-headed.

m the Latin re and ad combined, coming to us through the French and Italian. See Re-, and Ad-.

A broad-leaved species of garlic (Allium ursinum), common in European gardens; -- called also buckram.

Dull; grave; dark; somber; -- said of colors. "Sad-colored clothes." Walton. Woad, or wade, is used by the dyers to lay the foundation of all sad colors. Mortimer.