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To impregnate with a preservative solution of copper sulphate, as timber, railroad ties, etc.

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.

To roll or carry smoothly on, or as on, wheels; as, we were bowled rapidly along the road.

en, 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.

the pressure of rubbers against the wheels, or of clogs or ratchets against the track or roadway, or of a pivoted lever against a wheel or drum in a machine.

from, or tributary to, a main stock, line, way, theme, etc.; as, a branch vein; a branch road or line; a branch topic; a branch store.

akes. 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.

the water of a rapid stream running over stones. Where the brook brawls along the painful road. Wordsworth.

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.

, stone, brick, or iron, erected over a river or other water course, or over a chasm, railroad, etc., to make a passageway from one bank to the other.

ath, Bridle way, a path or way for saddle horses and pack horses, as distinguished from a road for vehicles. -- Bridle port (Naut.), a porthole or opening in the bow through which hawsers, mooring or bridle cables, etc., are passed. -- Bridle rein, a rein attached to the bit. -- Bridle road. (a) Same as Bridle path.…

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.

for deadening the jar caused by the collision of bodies; as, a buffer at the end of a railroad car.

The head of a buffer, which recieves the concussion, in railroad carriages.