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tted with a back; as, a backed electrotype or stereotype plate. Used in composition; as, broad- backed; hump- backed.

To give a portion of food and drink to, upon the road; as, to bait horses. Holland.

A broad belt, sometimes richly ornamented, worn over one shoulder, across the breast, and under the opposite arm; less properly, any belt. [Also spelt bawdrick.] A radiant baldric o'er his shoulder tied Sustained the sword that glittered at his side. Pope.

Gravel, broken stone, etc., laid in the bed of a railroad to make it firm and solid.

A broad leather belt formerly worn by soldiers over the right shoulder and across the breast under the left arm. Originally it was used for supporting the musket and twelve cases for charges, but later only as a cartridge belt.

fish (Zoöl.), a large fish of the genus Histiophorus, of the Swordfish family, having a broad bannerlike dorsal fin; the sailfish. One species (H. Americanus) inhabits the North Atlantic.

A broad shaft, or band, or stripe; as, a bar of light; a bar of color.

A shrub of the genus Berberis, common along roadsides and in neglected fields. B. vulgaris is the species best known; its oblong red berries are made into a preserve or sauce, and have been deemed efficacious in fluxes and fevers. The bark dyes a fine yellow, esp. the bark of the root. [Also spelt berberry.]…

Having a base, or having as a base; supported; as, broad-based.

A large stick; a club; specifically, a piece of wood with one end thicker or broader than the other, used in playing baseball, cricket, etc.

A kind of broadax formerly used as an offensive weapon.

To endeavor to depress the price of, or prices in; as, to bear a railroad stock; to bear the market.

Made smooth by beating or treading; worn by use. "A broad and beaten way." Milton. "Beaten gold." Shak.

The superficial earthwork, or ballast, of a railroad.

Same as Band, n., 2. A very broad band is more properly termed a belt.

belted brands. Sir W. Scott. Belted cattle, cattle originally from Dutch stock, having a broad band of white round the middle, while the rest of the body is black; -- called also blanketed cattle.

irection or normal position; a curve; a crook; as, a slight bend of the body; a bend in a road.

The crevasse or series of crevasses, usually deep and often broad, frequently occurring near the head of a mountain glacier, about where the névé field joins the valley portion of the glacier.

e; most good, kind, desirable, suitable, etc.; most excellent; as, the best man; the best road; the best cloth; the best abilities. When he is best, he is a little worse than a man. Shak. Heaven's last, best gift, my ever new delight. Milton.

A church road (e. g., a path across fields) for funerals. [Obs.] Homilies.