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Having a brim; -- usually in composition. "Broad-brimmed hat." Spectator.

A broad chisel for stonecutting.

To report; to noise abroad. I find thou art no less than fame hath bruited. Shak.

A broad-headed hammer used in bucking ore.

The process of breaking up or pulverizing ores. Bucking iron (Mining), a broad-faced hammer, used in bucking or breaking up ores. -- Bucking kier (Manuf.), a large circular boiler, or kier, used in bleaching. -- Bucking stool, a washing block.

A broad iron ring on a tilting lance just below the gripe, to prevent the hand from slipping.

nd the baker of the king of Egypt. Gen. xl. 5. Your wine locked up, your butler strolled abroad. Pope.

A broad-leaved plant (Petasites vulgaris) of the Composite family, said to have been used in England for wrapping up pats of butter.

as tales, in an under tone; to spread, as report, by whispers, or secretly. I will buzz abroad such prophecies That Edward shall be fearful of his life. Shak.

y to the light, which reaches it through a narrow vertical slit; -- used in photographing broad landscapes. Abney.

A very broad and heavy wooden collar which certain offenders in China are compelled to wear as a punishment.

Having capacity; able to contain much; large; roomy; spacious; extended; broad; as, a capacious vessel, room, bay, or harbor. In the capacious recesses of his mind. Bancroft.

The caravel of the 16th century was a small vessel with broad bows, high, narrow poop, four masts, and lateen sails. Columbus commanded three caravels on his great voyage.

Helmet-shaped; -- applied to a corolla having a broad, helmet- shaped upper petal, as in aconite.

A heavy quality of broadcloth for overcoats.

natural level of the ground, serving as a dry passage over wet or marshy ground. But that broad causeway will direct your way. Dryden. The other way Satan went down The causey to Hell-gate. Milton.

A movable or sliding keel formed of a broad board or slab of wood or metal which may be raised into a water-tight case amidships, when in shallow water, or may be lowered to increase the area of lateral resistance and prevent leeway when the vessel is beating to windward. It is used in vessels of all sizes along the co…

und in the old red sandstone or Devonian formation. The head is large, and protected by a broad shield-shaped helmet prolonged behind into two lateral points.

A marine fish of the family Chætodontidæ. The chætodonts have broad, compressed bodies, and usually bright colors.

estment worn by the priest in saying Mass, consisting, in the Roman Catholic Church, of a broad, flat, back piece, and a narrower front piece, the two connected over the shoulders only. The back has usually a large cross, the front an upright bar or pillar, designed to be emblematical of Christ's sufferings. In the Gre…