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- English Word Broadside Definition The side of a ship above the water line, from the bow to the quarter.
- English Word Broadside Definition A discharge of or from all the guns on one side of a ship, at the same time.
- English Word Broadside Definition A volley of abuse or denunciation.
- English Word Broadside Definition A sheet of paper containing one large page, or printed on one side only; -- called also broadsheet.
- English Word Broadspread Definition Widespread.
- English Word Broadspreading Definition Spreading widely.
- English Word Broadsword Definition A sword with a broad blade and a cutting edge; a claymore.
- English Word Broadwise Definition Breadthwise.
- English Word Brob Definition A peculiar brad-shaped spike, to be driven alongside the end of an abutting timber to prevent its slipping.
- English Word Brobdingnagian Definition Colossal; of extraordinary height; gigantic.
- English Word Brobdingnagian Definition A giant.
- English Word Brocade Definition Silk stuff, woven with gold and silver threads, or ornamented with raised flowers, foliage, etc.; -- also applied to other stuffs thus wrought and enriched.
- English Word Brocaded Definition Woven or worked, as brocade, with gold and silver, or with raised flowers, etc.
- English Word Brocaded Definition Dressed in brocade.
- English Word Brocage Definition See Brokkerage.
- English Word Brocard Definition An elementary principle or maximum; a short, proverbial rule, in law, ethics, or metaphysics.
- English Word Brocatel Definition A kind of coarse brocade, or figured fabric, used chiefly for tapestry, linings for carriages, etc.
- English Word Brocatel Definition A marble, clouded and veined with white, gray, yellow, and red, in which the yellow usually prevails. It is also called Siena marble, from its locality.
- English Word Brocatello Definition Same as Brocatel.
- English Word Broccoli Definition A plant of the Cabbage species (Brassica oleracea) of many varieties, resembling the cauliflower. The "curd," or flowering head, is the part used for food.
- English Word Brochantite Definition A basic sulphate of copper, occurring in emerald-green crystals.
- English Word Broche Definition Woven with a figure; as, broche goods.
- English Word Broche Definition See Broach, n.
- English Word Brochure Definition A printed and stitched book containing only a few leaves; a pamphlet.
- English Word Brock Definition A badger.
- English Word Brock Definition A brocket.
- English Word Brocket Definition A male red deer two years old; -- sometimes called brock.
- English Word Brocket Definition A small South American deer, of several species (Coassus superciliaris, C. rufus, and C. auritus).
- English Word Brockish Definition Beastly; brutal.
- English Word Brodekin Definition A buskin or half-boot.