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Broadside: Definition and part of speech

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Broadside

  1. n. A sheet of paper containing one large page, or printed on one side only; — called also broadsheet.
  2. n. The side of a ship above the water line, from the bow to the quarter.
  3. n. A discharge of or from all the guns on one side of a ship, at the same time.
  4. n. A volley of abuse or denunciation.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Broaden: Definition and part of speech

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Broaden

  1. v. t. To make broad or broader; to render more broad or comprehensive.
  2. a. To grow broad; to become broader or wider.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Broad gauge: Definition and part of speech

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Broad gauge

  1. A wider distance between the rails than the “standard” gauge of four feet eight inches and a half. See Gauge.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Brob: Definition and part of speech

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Brob

  1. n. A peculiar brad-shaped spike, to be driven alongside the end of an abutting timber to prevent its slipping.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.