English English Dictionary

Extending far and wide; extensive; vast; as, the broad expanse of ocean.

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

Plain; evident; as, a broad hint.

A portion of the Church of England, consisting of persons who claim to hold a position, in respect to doctrine and fellowship, intermediate between the High Church party and the Low Church, or evangelical, party. The term has been applied to other bodies of men holding liberal or comprehensive views of Christian doctrine and fellowship.

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.

Having horns spreading widely.

Having broad, or relatively broad, leaves.

Alt. of Broad-leafed

An ancient military weapon; a battle-ax.

An ax with a broad edge, for hewing timber.

A wild duck (Aythya, / 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.

The shoveler. See Shoveler.

A member of the society of Friends; a Quaker.

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.

Cast or dispersed in all directions, as seed from the hand in sowing; widely diffused.

Scattering in all directions (as a method of sowing); -- opposed to planting in hills, or rows.

So as to scatter or be scattered in all directions; so as to spread widely, as seed from the hand in sowing, or news from the press.