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That part of a ship's hull or bottom which is broadest and most nearly flat, and on which she would rest if aground.

weapon of infantry, in the 14th and 15th centuries. A common form of bill consisted of a broad, heavy, double-edged, hook-shaped blade, having a short pike at the back and another at the top, and attached to the end of a long staff. France had no infantry that dared to face the English bows end bills. Macaulay.…

Furnished with, or having, a bill, as a bird; -- used in composition; as, broad-billed.

lizing in rhombohedrons. It is somewhat harder than lead, and rather brittle; masses show broad cleavage surfaces when broken across. It melts at 507º Fahr., being easily fused in the flame of a candle. It is found in a native state, and as a constituent of some minerals. Specific gravity 9.8. Atomic weight 207.5. Symb…

A broad board painted black, or any black surface on which writing, drawing, or the working of mathematical problems can be done with chalk or crayons. It is much used in schools.

The broad part of an oar; also, one of the projecting arms of a screw propeller.

One who spreads reports or blazes matters abroad. "Blazers of crime." Spenser.

A chain in which the alternate links are broad blocks connected by thin side links pivoted to the ends of the blocks, used with sprocket wheels to transmit power, as in a bicycle.

consisting of a short dress, with loose trousers gathered round ankles, and (commonly) a broad-brimmed hat.

A broad, flat Scottish cap of blue woolen, or one waring such cap; a Scotchman.

Having a broad, flattened front; as, the bluff bows of a ship. "Bluff visages." Irving.

To dress, as a stone, with a broad chisel. Weale.

A stone mason's broad-faced chisel.

n borders a forest, or is bordered on the north by a forest. The country is bordered by a broad tract called the "hot region." Prescott. Shebah and Raamah . . . border the sea called the Persian gulf. Sir W. Raleigh.

A public walk or street occupying the site of demolished fortifications. Hence: A broad avenue in or around a city.

To sprout; to put forth buds; to shoot forth, as a branch. Gayly to bourgeon and broadly to grow. Sir W. Scott.

een, a level piece of greensward or smooth ground for bowling, as the small park in lower Broadway, New York, where the Dutch of New Amsterdam played this game.

lakes. It is also called Phyllopoda. See Phyllopoda, Cladocera. It is sometimes used in a broader sense.

a coat, sometimes only a frog with a loop, but in some military uniforms enlarged into a broad horizontal stripe.

A stake or post set in the ground, for guests at a wedding to dance round. Divide the broad bridecake Round about the bridestake. B. Jonson.