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Broadcast: Definition and part of speech

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Broadcast

  1. adv. So as to scatter or be scattered in all directions; so as to spread widely, as seed from the hand in sowing, or news from the press.
  2. n. A casting or throwing seed in all directions, as from the hand in sowing.
  3. a. Cast or dispersed in all directions, as seed from the hand in sowing; widely diffused.
  4. a. Scattering in all directions (as a method of sowing); — opposed to planting in hills, or rows.

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.

Brisure: Definition and part of speech

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Brisure

  1. n. A mark of cadency or difference.
  2. n. Any part of a rampart or parapet which deviates from the general direction.

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.

Britt: Definition and part of speech

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Britt

  1. n. The minute marine animals (chiefly Entomostraca) upon which the right whales feed.
  2. n. The young of the common herring; also, a small species of herring; the sprat.

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.