Definition of broad

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Broad (superl.) Plain; evident; as, a broad hint..

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Latirostres :: Latirostres (n. pl.) The broad-billed singing birds, such as the swallows, and their allies..
Anglo-saxon :: Anglo-Saxon (n.) One of the race or people who claim descent from the Saxons, Angles, or other Teutonic tribes who settled in England; a person of English descent in its broadest sense..
Constructionist :: Constructionist (n.) One who puts a certain construction upon some writing or instrument, as the Constitutions of the United States; as, a strict constructionist; a broad constructionist..
Bac :: Bac (n.) A broad, flatbottomed ferryboat, usually worked by a rope..
Gaper :: Gaper (n.) An East Indian bird of the genus Cymbirhynchus, related to the broadbills..
Falchion :: Falchion (n.) A broad-bladed sword, slightly curved, shorter and lighter than the ordinary sword; -- used in the Middle Ages..
Thysanoptera :: Thysanoptera (n. pl.) A division of insects, considered by some writers a distinct order, but regarded by others as belonging to the Hemiptera. They are all of small size, and have narrow, broadly fringed wings with rudimentary nervures. Most of the species feed upon the juices of plants, and some, as those which attack grain, are very injurious to crops. Called also Physopoda. See Thrips..
Broad :: Broad (superl.) Extending far and wide; extensive; vast; as, the broad expanse of ocean..
Broadbrim :: Broadbrim (n.) A member of the society of Friends; a Quaker.
Wing :: Wing (n.) One of the two pairs of upper thoracic appendages of most hexapod insects. They are broad, fanlike organs formed of a double membrane and strengthened by chitinous veins or nervures..
Flat :: Flat (n.) The flat part, or side, of anything; as, the broad side of a blade, as distinguished from its edge..
Broad :: Broad (superl.) Cross; coarse; indelicate; as, a broad compliment; a broad joke; broad humor..
Axe :: Axe (n.) A tool or instrument of steel, or of iron with a steel edge or blade, for felling trees, chopping and splitting wood, hewing timber, etc. It is wielded by a wooden helve or handle, so fixed in a socket or eye as to be in the same plane with the blade. The broadax, or carpenter's ax, is an ax for hewing timber, made heavier than the chopping ax, and with a broader and thinner blade and a shorter handle..
Abroad :: Abroad (adv.) Before the public at large; throughout society or the world; here and there; widely.
Flap :: Flap (n.) To move, as something broad and flaplike; as, to flap the wings; to let fall, as the brim of a hat..
Bandolier :: Bandolier (n.) 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..
"""broad Gauge " :: Broad gauge () A wider distance between the rails than the standard gauge of four feet eight inches and a half. See Gauge..
Trepan :: Trepan (n.) A kind of broad chisel for sinking shafts.
Avenue :: Avenue (n.) A broad street; as, the Fifth Avenue in New York..
Broadside :: Broadside (n.) A discharge of or from all the guns on one side of a ship, at the same time..
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