BROG, brog, _n._ a pointed steel instrument used for piercing holes:
(_Scot._) an awl.--_v.t._ to prick. [Ety. dub.; the Gael. _brog_; an awl,
is prob. borrowed.]
BROGUE, br[=o]g, _n._ a stout coarse shoe: a dialect or manner of
pronunciation, esp. the Irish. [Ir. and Gael. _brog_, a shoe.]
BROIDER, broid'[.e]r, BROIDERY, broid'[.e]r-i. Same as EMBROIDER,
EMBROIDERY.--BROIDERED (_B._) = _Embroidered_.
BROIL, broil, _n._ a noisy quarrel: a confused disturbance--(_Scot._)
BRUL'YIE, BRUL'ZIE.--_n._ BROIL'ER, one who stirs up broils. [Fr.
_brouiller_, to trouble.]
BROIL, broil, _v.t._ to cook over hot coals: to grill.--_v.i._ to be
greatly heated. [Ety. dub.]
BROKE, br[=o]k, _pa.t._ and old _pa.p._ of BREAK.--_p.adj._ BROK'EN, rent
asunder: infirm: humbled or crushed: dispersed, routed: altered in
direction: shattered in estate or position: incomplete, fragmentary:
uncertain.--_adjs._ BROK'EN-BACKED, having the back broken, applied to a
ship so loosened in her frame as to droop at both ends; BROK'EN-DOWN,
decayed, ruined in character or strength; BROK'EN-HEART'ED, crushed with
grief: greatly depressed in spirit.--_adv._ BROK'ENLY.--_ns._ BROK'EN-MAN,
one under outlawry, esp. in the Highlands and Border country; BROK'EN-MEAT,
the leavings of a banquet; BROK'ENNESS.--_adj._ BROK'EN-WIND'ED, having
short breath or disordered respiration, as a horse.
BROKER, br[=o]k'[.e]r, _n._ one employed to buy and sell for others: a
second-hand dealer: a pander: a commissioner.--_v.i._ BROKE, to bargain,
negotiate: (_Shak._) to act as a pander or go-between:--_pr.p._
br[=o]k'ing; _pa.p._ br[=o]ked.--_ns._ BROK'ERAGE, BROK'AGE, the business
of a broker: the commission charged by a broker: a commission charged for
transacting business for others; BROK'ERY, the business of a
broker.--_p.adj._ BROK'ING, doing business as a broker: practised by
brokers. [M. E. _brocour_--A.S. _brucan_; Ger. _brauchen_, to use, to
profit.]
BROMATE. See BROMINE.
BROME-GRASS, br[=o]m'-gras, _n._ a kind of grass bearing a strong
resemblance to oats. [Gr. _br[=o]mos_, and _bromos_, grass.]
BROMINE, br[=o]m'in, _n._ one of the elements, closely allied to chlorine,
so called from its disagreeable smell.--_adj._ BROM'IC, pertaining to
bromine.--_ns._ BROM'ATE, a combination of bromic acid with a salifiable
base; BROM'IDE, a combination of bromine with a base.--BROMIC ACID, an acid
composed of bromine and oxygen. [Gr. _br[=o]mos_, a disagreeable odour.]
BRONCHIÆ, brongk'i-[=e], _n.pl._ a name given to the ramifications of the
windpipe which carry air into the lungs.--_adjs._ BRONCH'IC,
BRONCH'IAL.--_n._ BRONCH[=I]'TIS, inflammation of the bronchiæ. [L.--Gr.
_bronchia_, the bronchial tubes.]
BRONCHO, BRONCO, brong'ko, _n._ (_U.S._) a half-tamed horse. [Sp. _bronco_,
rough, sturdy.]
BROND. Same as BRAND.
BRONZE, bronz, _n._ an alloy of copper and tin used in various ways since
the most ancient times: anything cast in bronze: the colour of bronze:
(_fig._) impudence.--_adj._ made of bronze: coloured like bronze.--_v.t._
to give the appearance of bronze to: (_fig._) to harden.--_adj._ BRONZED,
coated with bronze: hardened.--_ns._ BRONZE'-STEEL, or _Steel-bronze_, a
specially hardened bronze; BRONZE'-WING, BRONZE'-PI'GEON, a species of
Australian pigeon having wings marked with a lustrous bronze
colour.--_v.t._ BRONZ'IFY, to make into bronze.--_ns._ BRONZ'ING, the
process of giving the appearance of bronze; BRONZ'ITE, a lustrous kind of
diallage.--_adj._ BRONZ'Y, having the appearance of bronze.--BRONZE AGE or
PERIOD, a term in prehistoric archæology denoting the condition or stage of
culture of a people using bronze as the material for cutting implements and
weapons--as a stage of culture coming between the use of stone and the use
of iron for those purposes--not an absolute division of time, but a
relative condition of culture. [Fr.--It. _bronzo_--L. _Brundusium_, the
modern _Brindisi_.]
BROO, br[=oo] (mod. Scot.--vowel sounded like Ger. _ü_), _n._ (_Scot._)
broth. [Ety. dub.: prob. O. Fr. _bro_, _breu_, broth; prob conn. with
BREE.]
BROOCH, br[=o]ch, _n._ an ornamental pin or instrument for fastening any
article of dress, consisting for the most part either of a ring or disc, or
of a semicircle, there being a pin in either case passing across it,
fastened at one end with a joint or loop, and at the other with a
hook.--_v.t._ (_Shak._) to adorn as with a brooch. [Fr. _broche_, a spit.
See BROACH.]
BROOD, br[=oo]d, _v.t._ to sit upon or cover in order to breed or hatch: to
hatch: to cover, as with wings: to mature or foster with care: to meditate
moodily upon.--_v.i._ to sit as a hen on eggs: to hover over: to think
anxiously for some time: to meditate silently (with _on_, _over_): to be
bred.--_n._ something bred: offspring, children, or family: a race, kind:
parentage: the number hatched at once.--_adj._ for breeding, as in
_brood_-mare, &c.--_adv._ BROOD'INGLY.--_adj._ BROOD'Y, inclined to sit or
incubate. [A.S. _bród_; Dut. _broed_; what is hatched.]
BROOK, br[=oo]k, _n._ a small stream.--_ns._ BROOK'LET, a little brook;
BROOK'LIME, a species of speedwell found in ditches. [A.S. _bróc_, water
breaking forth; Dut. _broek_, Ger. _bruch_.]
BROOK, br[=oo]k, _v.t._ to enjoy: to bear or endure. [A.S. _búrcan_, to
use, enjoy; Ger. _brauchen_, L. _frui_, _fructus_.]