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Wide; extend in breadth, or from side to side; -- opposed to narrow; as, a broad street, a broad table; an inch broad.

existed in the Church of England. It is called by different names: Moderate, Catholic, or Broad Church, by its friends; Latitudinarian or Indifferent, by its enemies. Its distinctive character is the desire of comprehension. Its watch words are charity and toleration. Conybeare.

A wider distance between the rails than the "standard" gauge of four feet eight inches and a half. See Gauge.

The great seal of England; the public seal of a country or state.

Having a broad brim. A broad-brimmed flat silver plate. Tatler.

Having horns spreading widely.

Having broad, or relatively broad, leaves. Keats.

An ax with a broad edge, for hewing timber.

A wild duck (Aythya, or Fuligula, marila), which appears in large numbers on the eastern coast of the United States, in autumn; - - called also bluebill, blackhead, raft duck, and scaup duck. See Scaup duck.

A hat with a very broad brim, like those worn by men of the society of Friends.

A casting or throwing seed in all directions, as from the hand in sowing.

A fine smooth-faced woolen cloth for men's garments, usually of double width (i.e., a yard and a half); -- so called in distinction from woolens three quarters of a yard wide.

To grow broad; to become broader or wider. The broadening sun appears. Wordsworth.

Rather broad; moderately broad.

A tree (Terminalia latifolia) of Jamaica, the wood of which is used for boards, scantling, shingles, etc; -- sometimes called the almond tree, from the shape of its fruit.

In a broad manner.

One of the Eurylaimidæ, a family of East Indian passerine birds.

The condition or quality of being broad; breadth; coarseness; grossness.

An old English gold coin, broader than a guinea, as a Carolus or Jacobus.

To stamp with the broad seal; to make sure; to guarantee or warrant. [Obs.] Thy presence broadseals our delights for pure. B. Jonson.