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Show Fra apt to break ; not tough The wood of vines is very durable; though n trce hath the twigs, while they are green, f Brivtle, yet the wood dried is extremely tough Bacon From earth all came, to earth muft all return Frail as the cord, and brittle as the urn Prior Of airy pomp, and fleeting joys . What does the bufy world conclude at beft But brirtle goods, that break like glafs ? Granwille If the ftone is brittle, it will often crumble, an pafs in the form of gravel Arbuthnot BRUTTLENESS, 7. /. [from brittle. ‘nefs to break; fragility Apt A wit quick without brightnefs, fhagp withou brittlenc/s Afeham's Schoolmafter Artificers, in the tempering of fteel, by holdin it but a minute or two longer or leffer in the flame give it very differing tempers, as to brittlensfs o toughnefs Boyle Brize #./ The gadfly A brize, a fcorned little creature ‘Through his fair hide his angry fting did threaten Spenfer BROACH 1. A fpirt This opinion is commonly, but falfely, afcrib . /. [brocke, French. e to Ariftotle, not as its firft broacher, but as it BROAD. adj. [bpab, Saxon. 1 ; "extended in breadth, diftin- guithed from length ; not narrow The weeds that his broad fpreading leaves di thelte Shake[peate Are pull'd up, root and all The top may be jultly faid to grow broader, a Temple the bottom narrower Of all your knowledge this vain fruit you have To walk with eyes 4r0ad open to your grave. Dryd So lofty was the pile, a Parthian bow With vigour drawn, muft fend the fhaft below The bottom was full twenty fathom broad. Dryd He launch'd the fiery bolt from pole to pole 2. Large ‘kitchen; fo that he turned a roach, that ha "WOrn a crown Bacon's Henry V1 Whofe offered entrails thall his crime reproach And drip their fatnefs from the hazle broach. Dryd Diz 3. [With hunters. A ftart of the hea of a young ftag, growing tharp like th end of a {pit Dig Zo BroacHu. v. 2. [from the noun. A. To {pit; to pierce as with a {pit ‘Were now the general of our gracious emprefs -As in good time he may, from Ireland coming Bringing rebellion broached on his fword. Shakefp He felled men as one would mow hay, an fometimes broached a great number of them upo his pike, as one would carry little birds fpitte upon a ftick Hakeawill 2. To pierce a veflel in order to draw th liquor ; to tap 3. To open any fore I will notably provide, that you fhall want nei ther weapons, victuals, nor aid 5 T will open th old armouries, I will broach my ftore, and brin forth my ftores Krnolles. 4. To let out any thing And now the field of death, the lifts ‘Were enter'd by antagonifts 5+ To give out, or utter any thing Thi errour that Pifon wa broached by Jofephus Thofe who were th the noife, made ufe o felves had broached, fo change of minifters wa Bro'acHER 1A Ganges Hudibras was firf Raleigh chief inftruments of raif; n thofe very opinions themarguments to prove that th dangerous. Swif?'s Exam 7. /, [from broach. The youth approach'd the fire, and, as it burn'd " Onfive tharp broachers rank'd, the roaft they turn'd ‘Thefe morfels ftay'd their ffomachs Diyden 2. Anopener, or utterer-of any thing; th firft author There is much pride and vanity in the affectation of being the firft broacher of an heretical opi The reeve and the miller are diftinguithed fro each other, as much as the lady priorefs and th broad-fpeaking, gap-toothed wife of Bath. Dryden Love made himdoubt his broad barbarian found By love, his want of words and wit he feund Dryden If open vice be what you drive at A name fo froad we'll ne'er connive at Dryden The broadeft mirth unfeeling folly wears Lefs pleafing far than virtue's very tears Pope Room for my lord ! three jockeys in his train Six huntfmen with a fhout precede his chair He grins, and looks éroad nonfenfe with a ftare Pope 5. Obfcene 5 fulfome nity tending to obfce As chafte and modeft as he is efteemed, it cannot be denied, but in fome places he is broad an fulfome Dryden Though now arraign'd, he read with fome de light Becaufe he feems to chew the cud again When his broad comment makes the text to plain Drydep Who can fpeak broader than he that has n houfe to put his head in? Such may rail againf great buildings Shakefpeare From broad words, and 'caufe he fail' His prefence at the tyrant's feaft, I hear Macduff lives in difgrace Shakefpeare Broap aslong Equal upon the whole The mobile are fill forlevelling; that is to fay for advancing themfelves : for itis as broad as long whether they rife to others, or bring others dow to them L3 flvange Broapn-crorH cloth. #. / fro [fro A fine kind of cloth broad an Thus, a wife taylor is not pinching But turns at ev'ry feam an inch in Or elfe, be fure, your broad-cloth breeche Will ne'er be fmooth, nor hold their ftitches. Swift L'Eftrange the grand Author and Finifher of our faith but from the firft broacker of their idolized opiniatig Decay of Piety [from broad adw Ip 4 broad manner Bro'apNESs. 7. /. [from broad. 1. Breadth extent from fide to fide 2. Coarfenefs ; fulfomenefs 1 have ufed the cleaneft metaphorI could fip to palliate the broadnefs of the meaning, Dy den Bro'ADSHOULDERED adj [fro ro0 and fboulder.] Having a large fpace be tween the thoulders Big-bon'd son an larg of limbs with finew ; Broad/bouldzrg':i, and his arms were round and long Dryden I am a tall, broad/bouldered, impudent, blac fellow ; and, as I thought, every way qualified fo a rich widow - Spectator Bro'apsipr. 7. /. [from éroad and fide. of a fhip, diftin& from th From vafter hopes than this he feem'd to fall That durft attempt the Britifh admiral From her broadfides a ruder flame is thrown Than from the fiery chariot of the fun Wally 1. Th fid head or ftern 2. The volley of fhot fired at once fro the fide of a fhip 3 [In printing.] A fheet of paper containing one large page Bro'apsworp. # /. [from broad an Jaord. blade Br A cutting {word, with a broa He, in fighting a duel, was run through th thigh with a breadfaord Wifeman aDWISE. adv. [from broad and wife. According to the direétion of the breadth If one fhould, with his hand, thruft a piece o iron broadwife againtt the flat cieling of his cham ‘BROAD-EYED. adj. [from bread and eye. Numerous parties denominate themfelves, no Having a wide furvey nion Bro'aADLY Locke 6. Bold ; not delicate; not referved And blood was ready to be broach'd ‘When Hudribras in hafte approach'd in broad funthine Low walks the fun, and broadens by de Juft o'er the verge of day . %'rzz;‘,fi If children were left alone in the dark, they woul be no more afraid tha 2. A mufical inftrument, the founds o which are made by turning round a han- 4. Grofs ; coarfe 1y W fage not fheltered ; not af In mean time he, with cunning to concea All thought of this from others, himfelf bor In broad houfe, with the wooers, us before. Chapm It no longer feeks the fhelter of night and darlknefs, but appears in the broadeft light. Decay of Piety Having broad leaves 70 BRO'ADEN. @. . [from bf'ofi;'j}wfli grow broad. I know not whethe thi word ocgurs, but in the foIlowing' af To keep him at a diftance from falfehood, an cunning, which has always a broad mixture of falfehood ; this is the fitteft preparation of a child fo wifdom Locke 3. Clear; open [from broad 00dT0a1 Broad burft the lightnings, deep the thunders roll Pope adj Narrow and broad-leaved Cyprus g afs fording concealment He was taken into ferviceto a bafe office in hi dle leaf. Cheyne ableft patron Wid BROAD-LEAVED e BRI'TTLE. adj. [bpreean, Saxon. _gile BR BR BR In defpite of broad-eyed warchful day 1 would into thy hofom pour my thoughts But, ah! I will not Shakefpeare ber the iro woul not fall as long as the forc of the hand perfeveres to prefs againft it BROCA'DE n. /. [brocado Boyl Span. filken ftuff, variegated with colours o gold or filver 3 I have the conveniency of buying and importin rich brocades Spectator Or ftain her honour, or her new brocade Forget her pray'rs, or mifs a mafquerade Pope Broca'pED. adj. [from brocade. 1. Dreft in brocade 2. Woven in the manner of a brocade Should you the rich brocaded fuit unfold Where rifing flow'rs grow fiff with frofted gold Bro'caGE. n. /. [from broke. Gay 1. The gain gotten by promoting bargains Yet fure his honeft Got him fmall gains, but fhamelefs flattery And filthy brocage, and unfeemly fhifts And borrow bafe, and fome good ladics gifts. Sperf z. The hire given for any unlawful office "As for the politick and wholefome laws, the were interpreted to be but brocage of an ufurer thereby to woo and win the hearts of the people Bacom 3. The trade of dealing in old things; th trade of a broker Poor poet ape, that would be thought our Ch.w" Who € en the fripp hofe works arc.¢ i ry of wit |