Word Meanings - BROADSWORD - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A sword with a broad blade and a cutting edge; a claymore. I heard the broadsword's deadly clang. Sir W. Scott.

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• BROADSWORD
  A sword with a broad blade and a cutting edge; a claymore. I heard the broadsword's deadly clang. Sir W. Scott.
• BROADBILL
  A wild duck , which appears in large numbers on the eastern coast of the United States, in autumn; - - called also bluebill, blackhead, raft duck, and scaup duck. See Scaup duck.
• BROADLY
  In a broad manner.
• SWORDLESS
  Destitute of a sword.
• BROADCLOTH
  A fine smooth-faced woolen cloth for men's garments, usually of double width ; -- so called in distinction from woolens three quarters of a yard wide.
• SWORDSMANSHIP
  The state of being a swordsman; skill in the use of the sword. Cowper.
• SWORD-SHAPED
  Shaped like a sword; ensiform, as the long, flat leaves of the Iris, cattail, and the like.
• BROADCAST
  1. Cast or dispersed in all directions, as seed from the hand in sowing; widely diffused. 2. Scattering in all directions ; -- opposed to planting in hills, or rows.
• BROAD-BRIMMED
  Having a broad brim. A broad-brimmed flat silver plate. Tatler.
• CUTTING
  1. Adapted to cut; as, a cutting tool. 2. Chilling; penetratinn; sharp; as, a cutting wind. 3. Severe; sarcastic; biting; as, a cutting reply.
• CUTTHROAT
  One who cuts throats; a murderer; an assassin.
• BROAD CHURCH
  A portion of the Church of England, consisting of persons who claim to hold a position, in respect to doctrine and fellowship, intermediate between the High Church party and the Low Church, or evangelical, party. The term has been applied
• SWORDING
  Slashing with a sword. Tennyson.
• BROADBRIM
  1. A hat with a very broad brim, like those worn by men of the society of Friends. 2. A member of the society of Friends; a Quaker.
• BROAD-HORNED
  Having horns spreading widely.
• SWORDED
  Girded with a sword. Milton.
• SWORDSMAN
  1. A soldier; a fighting man. 2. One skilled of a use of the sword; a professor of the science of fencing; a fencer.
• BROADWISE
  Breadthwise.
• BROADEN
  To grow broad; to become broader or wider. The broadening sun appears. Wordsworth.
• CLANGOR
  A sharp, harsh, ringing sound. Dryden.
• STRAW-CUTTER
  An instrument to cut straw for fodder.
• UNDEADLY
  Not subject to death; immortal. -- Un*dead"li*ness, n. Wyclif.
• BROAD
  Characterized by breadth. See Breadth. 9. Cross; coarse; indelicate; as, a broad compliment; a broad joke; broad humor. 10. Strongly marked; as, a broad Scotch accent. Note: Broad is often used in compounds to signify wide, large, etc.;
• SWARD-CUTTER
  A plow for turning up grass land. A lawn mower.
• SCUTTLE
  both fr. L. scutella, dim. of scutra, scuta, a dish or platter; cf. 1. A broad, shallow basket. 2. A wide-mouthed vessel for holding coal: a coal hod.
• UNHEARD-OF
  New; unprecedented; unparalleled. Swift.
• CHALKCUTTER
  A man who digs chalk.