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Broad :: Broad (n.) The broad part of anything; as, the broad of an oar..

Broad-brimmed :: Broad-brimmed (a.) Having a broad brim.

Fascia :: Fascia (n.) A broad well-defined band of color.

Palmated :: Palmated (a.) Having the distal portion broad, flat, and more or less divided into lobes; -- said of certain corals, antlers, etc..

Plantain :: Plantain (n.) Any plant of the genus Plantago, but especially the P. major, a low herb with broad spreading radical leaves, and slender spikes of minute flowers. It is a native of Europe, but now found near the abode of civilized man in nearly all parts of the world..

Spend :: Spend (v. t.) To pass, as time; to suffer to pass away; as, to spend a day idly; to spend winter abroad..

Venter :: Venter (n.) A belly, or protuberant part; a broad surface; as, the venter of a muscle; the venter, or anterior surface, of the scapula..

Lepidoptera :: Lepidoptera (n. pl.) An order of insects, which includes the butterflies and moths. They have broad wings, covered with minute overlapping scales, usually brightly colored..

Broadside :: Broadside (n.) A discharge of or from all the guns on one side of a ship, at the same time..

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

Outfangthef :: Outfangthef (v. t.) A thief from without or abroad, taken within a lord's fee or liberty..

Ablegate :: Ablegate (v. t.) To send abroad.

Broad :: Broad (superl.) Characterized by breadth. See Breadth.

Latisternal :: Latisternal (a.) Having a broad breastbone, or sternum; -- said of anthropoid apes..

Tatouay :: Tatouay (n.) An armadillo (Xenurus unicinctus), native of the tropical parts of South America. It has about thirteen movable bands composed of small, nearly square, scales. The head is long; the tail is round and tapered, and nearly destitute of scales; the claws of the fore feet are very large. Called also tatouary, and broad-banded armadillo..

Wedge-shaped :: Wedge-shaped (a.) Broad and truncate at the summit, and tapering down to the base; as, a wedge-shaped leaf..

Fascia :: Fascia (n.) A flat member of an order or building, like a flat band or broad fillet; especially, one of the three bands which make up the architrave, in the Ionic order. See Illust. of Column..

Pulley :: Pulley (v. t.) A wheel with a broad rim, or grooved rim, for transmitting power from, or imparting power to, the different parts of machinery, or for changing the direction of motion, by means of a belt, cord, rope, or chain..

Scup :: Scup (n.) A marine sparoid food fish (Stenotomus chrysops, or S. argyrops), common on the Atlantic coast of the United States. It appears bright silvery when swimming in the daytime, but shows broad blackish transverse bands at night and when dead. Called also porgee, paugy, porgy, scuppaug..

Machete :: Machete (n.) A large heavy knife resembling a broadsword, often two or three feet in length, -- used by the inhabitants of Spanish America as a hatchet to cut their way through thickets, and for various other purposes..

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