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4. Fig.: Having a large measure of any thing or quality; not limited; not restrained; -- applied to any subject, and retaining the literal idea more or less clearly, the precise meaning depending largely on the substantive.

A broad mixture of falsehood. Locke.

Hence: -

5. Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged.

The words in the Constitution are broad enough to include the case. D. Daggett.

In a broad, statesmanlike, and masterly way. E. Everett.

6. Plain; evident; as, a broad hint.

7. Free; unrestrained; unconfined.

As broad and general as the casing air. Shak.

8. (Fine Arts) 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.

Broad is often used in compounds to signify wide, large, etc.; as, broad-chested, broad-shouldered, broad-spreading, broad-winged.

Broad acres. See under Acre. -- Broad arrow, originally a pheon. See Pheon, and Broad arrow under Arrow. -- As broad as long, having the length equal to the breadth; hence, the same one way as another; coming to the same result by different ways or processes.

It is as broad as long, whether they rise to others, or bring others down to them. L'Estrange.

Broad pennant. See under Pennant.

Syn. -- Wide; large; ample; expanded; spacious; roomy; extensive; vast; comprehensive; liberal.

Broad, n. 1. The broad part of anything; as, the broad of an oar.

2. The spread of a river into a sheet of water; a flooded fen. [Local, Eng.] Southey.

3. A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders. Knight.

{ Broad"ax` Broad"axe` } (&?;), n. 1. An ancient military weapon; a battle-ax.

2. An ax with a broad edge, for hewing timber.

Broad"bill` (&?;), n. 1. (Zoöl.) A wild duck (Aythya, or Fuligula, marila), 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.

2. (Zoöl.) The shoveler. See Shoveler.

Broad"brim` (&?;), n. 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. [Sportive]

Broad"-brimmed` (&?;), a. Having a broad brim.

A broad-brimmed flat silver plate. Tatler.

Broad"cast` (&?;), n. (Agric.) A casting or throwing seed in all directions, as from the hand in sowing.

Broad"cast`, a. 1. Cast or dispersed in all directions, as seed from the hand in sowing; widely diffused.

2. Scattering in all directions (as a method of sowing); -- opposed to planting in hills, or rows.

Broad"cast`, 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.

Broad" Church` (&?;). (Eccl.) 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 to other bodies of men holding liberal or comprehensive views of Christian doctrine and fellowship.

Side by side with these various shades of High and Low Church, another party of a different character has always existed in the Church of England. It is called by different names: Moderate, Catholic, or Broad Church, by its friends; Latitudinarian or Indifferent, by its enemies. Its distinctive character is the desire of comprehension. Its watch words are charity and toleration. Conybeare.

Broad"cloth (&?;), n. A fine smooth- faced woolen cloth for men's garments, usually of double width (i.e., a yard and a half); -- so called in distinction from woolens three quarters of a yard wide.

Broad"en (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Broadened (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Broadening (&?;).] [From Broad, a.] To grow broad; to become broader or wider.

The broadening sun appears. Wordsworth.

Broad"en, v. t. To make broad or broader; to render more broad or comprehensive.

Broad" gauge` (&?;). (Railroad) A wider distance between the rails than the "standard" gauge of four feet eight inches and a half. See Gauge.

Broad"-horned` (&?;), a. Having horns spreading widely.

Broad"ish, a. Rather broad; moderately broad.

Broad"leaf` (&?;), n. (Bot.) A tree (Terminalia latifolia) of Jamaica, the wood of which is used for boards, scantling, shingles, etc; -- sometimes called the almond tree, from the shape of its fruit.

{ Broad"-leaved` (&?;), Broad"-leafed` } (&?;), a. Having broad, or relatively broad, leaves. Keats.

Broad"ly, adv. In a broad manner.

Broad"mouth` (&?;), n. (Zoöl.) One of the Eurylaimidæ, a family of East Indian passerine birds.

Broad"ness, n. [AS. brdnes.] The condition or quality of being broad; breadth; coarseness; grossness.

Broad"piece` (&?;), n. An old English gold coin, broader than a guinea, as a Carolus or Jacobus.

Broad" seal` (&?;). The great seal of England; the public seal of a country or state.

Broad"seal`, v. t. To stamp with the broad seal; to make sure; to guarantee or warrant. [Obs.]

Thy presence broadseals our delights for pure. B. Jonson.

Broad"side` (&?;), n. 1. (Naut.) The side of a ship above the water line, from the bow to the quarter.

2. A discharge of or from all the guns on one side of a ship, at the same time.

3. A volley of abuse or denunciation. [Colloq.]

4. (Print.) A sheet of paper containing one large page, or printed on one side only; -- called also broadsheet.

Broad"spread` (&?;), a. Widespread.

Broad"spread`ing, a. Spreading widely.

Broad"sword` (&?;), n. A sword with a broad blade and a cutting edge; a claymore.

I heard the broadsword's deadly clang. Sir W. Scott.

Broad"wise` (&?;), adv. Breadthwise. [Archaic]

Brob (&?;), n. [Cf. Gael. brog, E. brog, n.] (Carp.) A peculiar brad-shaped spike, to be driven alongside the end of an abutting timber to prevent its slipping.

Brob`ding*nag"i*an (&?;), a. [From Brobdingnag, a country of giants in "Gulliver's Travels."] Colossal; of extraordinary height; gigantic. -- n. A giant. [Spelt often Brobdignagian.]

Bro*cade" (&?;), n. [Sp. brocado (cf. It. broccato, F. brocart), fr. LL. brocare *prick, to figure (textile fabrics), to emboss (linen), to stitch. See Broach.] Silk stuff, woven with gold and silver threads, or ornamented with raised flowers, foliage, etc.; -- also applied to other stuffs thus wrought and enriched.

A gala suit of faded brocade. W. Irving.

Bro*cad"ed (&?;), a. 1. Woven or worked, as brocade, with gold and silver, or with raised flowers, etc.

Brocaded flowers o'er the gay mantua shine. Gay.

2. Dressed in brocade.

Bro"cage (&?;), n. See Brokkerage.

Broc"ard (&?;), n. [Perh. fr. Brocardica, Brocardicorum opus, a collection of ecclesiastical canons by Burkhard, Bishop of Worms, called, by the Italians and French, Brocard.] An elementary principle or maximum; a short, proverbial rule, in law, ethics, or metaphysics.

The legal brocard, "Falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus," is a rule not more applicable to other witness than to consciousness. Sir W. Hamilton.

Bro"ca*tel (&?;), n. [F. brocatelle, fr. It. brocatello: cf. Sp. brocatel. See Brocade.] 1. A kind of coarse brocade, or figured fabric, used chiefly for tapestry, linings for carriages, etc.

2. A marble, clouded and veined with white, gray, yellow, and red, in which the yellow usually prevails. It is also called Siena marble, from its locality.

Bro`ca*tel"lo (&?;), n. Same as Brocatel.

Broc"co*li (&?;), n. [It. broccoli, pl. of broccolo sprout, cabbage sprout, dim. of brocco splinter. See Broach, n.] (Bot.) A plant of the Cabbage species (Brassica oleracea) of many varieties, resembling the cauliflower. The "curd," or flowering head, is the part used for food.

Broch"an*tite (&?;), n. [From Brochant de Villiers, a French mineralogist.] (Min.) A basic sulphate of copper, occurring in emerald-green crystals.

||Bro`ché" (&?;), a. [F.] Woven with a figure; as, broché goods.

||Broche (&?;), n. [F.] See Broach, n.

||Bro*chure" (&?;), n. [F., fr. brocher to stitch. See Broach, v. t.] A printed and stitched book containing only a few leaves; a pamphlet.

Brock (&?;), n. [AS. broc, fr. W. broch; akin to Ir. & Gael. broc, Corn. & Armor. broch; cf. Ir. & Gael. breac speckled.] (Zoöl.) A badger.

Or with pretense of chasing thence the brock. B. Jonson.

Brock, n. [See Brocket.] (Zoöl.) A brocket. Bailey.

Brock"et (brk"t), n. [OE. broket, F. broquart fallow deer a year old, fr. the same root as E. broach, meaning point (hence tine of a horn).] 1. (Zoöl.) A male red deer two years old; -- sometimes called brock.

2. (Zoöl.) A small South American deer, of several species (Coassus superciliaris, C. rufus, and C. auritus).

Brock"ish, a. Beastly; brutal. [Obs.] Bale.

Brode"kin (brd"kn), n. [F. brodequin, OE. brossequin, fr. OD. broseken, brosekin, dim. of broos buskin, prob. fr. LL. byrsa leather, Gr. by`rsa skin, hide. Cf. Buskin.] A buskin or half-boot. [Written also brodequin.] [Obs.]

Brog (brg), n. [Gael. Cf. Brob.] A pointed instrument, as a joiner's awl, a brad awl, a needle, or a small sharp stick.

Brog, v. t. To prod with a pointed instrument, as a lance; also, to broggle. [Scot. & Prov.] Sir W. Scott.

Bro"gan (&?;), n. A stout, coarse shoe; a brogue.

Brog"gle (&?;), v. i. [Dim. of Prov. E. brog to broggle. Cf. Brog, n.] To sniggle, or fish with a brog. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.

Brogue (&?;), n. [Ir. & Gael. brog shoe, hoof.] 1. A stout, coarse shoe; a brogan.

In the Highlands of Scotland, the ancient brogue was made of horsehide or deerskin, untanned or tenned with the hair on, gathered round the ankle with a thong. The name was afterward given to any shoe worn as a part of the Highland costume.

Clouted brogues, patched brogues; also, brogues studded with nails. See under Clout, v. t.

2. A dialectic pronunciation; esp. the Irish manner of pronouncing English.

Or take, Hibernis, thy still ranker brogue. Lloyd.

Brogues (&?;), n. pl. [Cf. Breeches.] Breeches. [Obs.] Shenstone.

Broid (&?;), v. t. To braid. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Broid"er (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Broidered (&?;).] [OE. broiden, brouden, F. broder, confused with E. braid; F. broder is either the same word as border to border (see Border), or perh. of Celtic origin; cf. W. brathu to sting, stab, Ir. & Gael. brod goad, prickle, OE. brod a goad; and also Icel. broddr a spike, a sting, AS. brord a point.] To embroider. [Archaic]

They shall make a broidered coat. Ex. xxviii. 4.

Broid"er*er (&?;), n. One who embroiders. [Archaic]

Broid"er*y (&?;), n. Embroidery. [Archaic]

The golden broidery tender Milkah wove. Tickell.

Broil (&?;), n. [F. brouiller to disorder, from LL. brogilus, broilus, brolium, thicket, wood, park; of uncertain origin; cf. W. brog a swelling out, OHG. pril marsh, G. brühl, MHG. brogen to rise. The meaning tumult, confusion, comes apparently from tangled undergrowth, thicket, and this possibly from the meaning to grow, rise, sprout.] A tumult; a noisy quarrel; a disturbance; a brawl; contention; discord, either between individuals or in the state.

I will own that there is a haughtiness and fierceness in human nature which will which will cause innumerable broils, place men in what situation you please. Burke.

Syn. -- Contention; fray; affray; tumult; altercation; dissension; discord; contest; conflict; brawl; uproar.

Broil, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Broiled (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Broiling.] [OE. broilen, OF. bruillir, fr. bruir to broil, burn; of Ger. origin; cf. MHG. brüejen, G. brühen, to scald, akin to E. brood.] 1. To cook by direct exposure to heat over a fire, esp. upon a gridiron over coals.

2. To subject to great (commonly direct) heat.

Broil, v. i. To be subjected to the action of heat, as meat over the fire; to be greatly heated, or to be made uncomfortable with heat.

The planets and comets had been broiling in the sun. Cheyne.

Broil"er (&?;), n. One who excites broils; one who engages in or promotes noisy quarrels.

What doth he but turn broiler, . . . make new libels against the church? Hammond.

Broil"er, n. 1. One who broils, or cooks by broiling.

2. A gridiron or other utensil used in broiling.

3. A chicken or other bird fit for broiling. [Colloq.]

Broil"ing, a. Excessively hot; as, a broiling sun. -- n. The act of causing anything to broil.

Bro"kage (&?;), n. See Brokerage.

Broke (&?;), v. i. [See Broker, and cf. Brook.] 1. To transact business for another. [R.] Brome.

2. To act as procurer in love matters; to pimp. [Obs.]

We do want a certain necessary woman to broke between them, Cupid said. Fanshawe.

And brokes with all that can in such a suit Corrupt the tender honor of a maid. Shak.

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Broke (brk), imp. & p. p. of Break.

Bro"ken (br"k'n), a. [From Break, v. t.] 1. Separated into parts or pieces by violence; divided into fragments; as, a broken chain or rope; a broken dish.

2. Disconnected; not continuous; also, rough; uneven; as, a broken surface.

3. Fractured; cracked; disunited; sundered; strained; apart; as, a broken reed; broken friendship.

4. Made infirm or weak, by disease, age, or hardships.

The one being who remembered him as he been before his mind was broken. G. Eliot.

The broken soldier, kindly bade to stay, Sat by his fire, and talked the night away. Goldsmith.

5. Subdued; humbled; contrite.

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. Ps. li. 17.

6. Subjugated; trained for use, as a horse.

7. Crushed and ruined as by something that destroys hope; blighted. "Her broken love and life." G. Eliot.

8. Not carried into effect; not adhered to; violated; as, a broken promise, vow, or contract; a broken law.

9. Ruined financially; incapable of redeeming promises made, or of paying debts incurred; as, a broken bank; a broken tradesman.

10. Imperfectly spoken, as by a foreigner; as, broken English; imperfectly spoken on account of emotion; as, to say a few broken words at parting.

Amidst the broken words and loud weeping of those grave senators. Macaulay.

Broken ground. (a) (Mil.) Rough or uneven ground; as, the troops were retarded in their advance by broken ground. (b) Ground recently opened with the plow. -- Broken line (Geom.), the straight lines which join a number of given points taken in some specified order. -- Broken meat, fragments of meat or other food. -- Broken number, a fraction. -- Broken weather, unsettled weather.

Bro"ken-backed` (&?;), a. 1. Having a broken back; as, a broken-backed chair.

2. (Naut.) Hogged; so weakened in the frame as to droop at each end; -- said of a ship. Totten.

Bro"ken-bel`lied (&?;), a. Having a ruptured belly. [R.]

Bro"ken-heart`ed (&?;), a. Having the spirits depressed or crushed by grief or despair.

She left her husband almost broken-hearted. Macaulay.

Syn. -- Disconsolable; heart-broken; inconsolable; comfortless; woe-begone; forlorn.

Bro"ken*ly, adv. In a broken, interrupted manner; in a broken state; in broken language.

The pagans worship God . . . as it were brokenly and by piecemeal. Cudworth.

Bro"ken*ness, n. 1. The state or quality of being broken; unevenness. Macaulay.

2. Contrition; as, brokenness of heart.

Bro"ken wind` (&?;). (Far.) The heaves.

Bro"ken-wind`ed, a. (Far.) Having short breath or disordered respiration, as a horse.

Bro"ker (br"kr), n. [OE. brocour, from a word akin to broken, bruken, to use, enjoy, possess, digest, fr. AS. brcan to use, enjoy; cf. Fries. broker, F. brocanteur. See Brook, v. t.] 1. One who transacts business for another; an agent.

2. (Law) An agent employed to effect bargains and contracts, as a middleman or negotiator, between other persons, for a compensation commonly called brokerage. He takes no possession, as broker, of the subject matter of the negotiation. He generally contracts in the names of those who employ him, and not in his own. Story.

3. A dealer in money, notes, bills of exchange, etc.

4. A dealer in secondhand goods. [Eng.]

5. A pimp or procurer. [Obs.] Shak.

Bill broker, one who buys and sells notes and bills of exchange. -- Curbstone broker or Street broker, an operator in stocks (not a member of the Stock Exchange) who executes orders by running from office to office, or by transactions on the street. [U.S.] -- Exchange broker, one who buys and sells uncurrent money, and deals in exchanges relating to money. -- Insurance broker, one who is agent in procuring insurance on vessels, or against fire. -- Pawn broker. See Pawnbroker. -- Real estate broker, one who buys and sells lands, and negotiates loans, etc., upon mortgage. - - Ship broker, one who acts as agent in buying and selling ships, procuring freight, etc. -- Stock broker. See Stockbroker.

Bro"ker*age (&?;), n. 1. The business or employment of a broker. Burke.

2. The fee, reward, or commission, given or changed for transacting business as a broker.

Bro"ker*ly, a. Mean; servile. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Bro"ker*y (&?;), n. The business of a broker. [Obs.]

And with extorting, cozening, forfeiting, And tricks belonging unto brokery. Marlowe.

Bro"king (&?;), a. Of or pertaining to a broker or brokers, or to brokerage. [Obs.]

Redeem from broking pawn the blemished crown. Shak.

Bro"ma (br"m), n. [NL., fr. Gr. brw^ma food, bibrw`skein to eat.] 1. (Med.) Aliment; food. Dunglison.

2. A light form of prepared cocoa (or cacao), or the drink made from it.

Bro"mal (br"mal), n. [Bromine + aldehyde.] (Chem.) An oily, colorless fluid, CBr3.COH, related to bromoform, as chloral is to chloroform, and obtained by the action of bromine on alcohol.

Bro"mate (&?;), n. (Chem.) A salt of bromic acid.

Bro"mate (&?;), v. t. (Med.) To combine or impregnate with bromine; as, bromated camphor.

Bro`ma*tol"o*gist (&?;), n. One versed in the science of foods.

Bro`ma*tol"o*gy (&?;), n. [Gr. &?;, &?;, food + -logy.] The science of aliments. Dunglison.

||Brome (&?;), n. [F.] (Chem.) See Bromine.

Brome" grass` (&?;). [L. bromos a kind of oats, Gr. &?;.] (Bot.) A genus (Bromus) of grasses, one species of which is the chess or cheat.

Bro*me`li*a"ceous (&?;), a. [Named after Olaf Bromel, a Swedish botanist.] (Bot.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a family of endogenous and mostly epiphytic or saxicolous plants of which the genera Tillandsia and Billbergia are examples. The pineapple, though terrestrial, is also of this family.

Bro"mic (&?;), a. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or containing, bromine; -- said of those compounds of bromine in which this element has a valence of five, or the next to its highest; as, bromic acid.

Bro"mide (&?;), n. (Chem.) A compound of bromine with a positive radical.

Bro"mi*nate (&?;), v. t. See Bromate, v. t.

Bro"mine (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; bad smell, stink. Cf. Brome.] (Chem.) One of the elements, related in its chemical qualities to chlorine and iodine. Atomic weight 79.8. Symbol Br. It is a deep reddish brown liquid of a very disagreeable odor, emitting a brownish vapor at the ordinary temperature. In combination it is found in minute quantities in sea water, and in many saline springs. It occurs also in the mineral bromyrite.

Bro"mism (&?;), n. (Med.) A diseased condition produced by the excessive use of bromine or one of its compounds. It is characterized by mental dullness and muscular weakness.

Bro"mize (&?;), v. t. (Photog.) To prepare or treat with bromine; as, to bromize a silvered plate.

Brom"life (&?;), n. [From Bromley Hill, near Alston, Cumberland, England.] (Min.) A carbonate of baryta and lime, intermediate between witherite and strontianite; -- called also alstonite.

Bro"mo*form (&?;), n. [Bromine + formyl.] (Chem.) A colorless liquid, CHBr3, having an agreeable odor and sweetish taste. It is produced by the simultaneous action of bromine and caustic potash upon wood spirit, alcohol, or acetone, as also by certain other reactions. In composition it is the same as chloroform, with the substitution of bromine for chlorine. It is somewhat similar to chloroform in its effects. Watts.

Brom*pi"crin (&?;), n. [G. brompikrin; brom bromine + pikrinsäure picric acid.] (Chem.) A pungent colorless explosive liquid, CNO2Br3, analogous to and resembling chlorpicrin. [Spelt also brompikrin.]

Brom"u*ret (&?;), n. See Bromide. [Obs.]

Brom"y*rite (&?;), n. [Bromine + Gr. &?; silver.] (Min.) Silver bromide, a rare mineral; -- called also bromargyrite.

||Bron"chi (&?;), n. pl. (Anat.) See Bronchus.

||Bron"chi*a (&?;), n. pl. [L. , pl. Cf. Bronchus.] (Anat.) The bronchial tubes which arise from the branching of the trachea, esp. the subdivision of the bronchi. Dunglison.

Bron"chi*al (&?;), a. [Cf. F. bronchial. See Bronchia.] (Anat.) Belonging to the bronchi and their ramifications in the lungs.

Bronchial arteries, branches of the descending aorta, accompanying the bronchia in all their ramifications. -- Bronchial cells, the air cells terminating the bronchia. -- Bronchial glands, glands whose functions are unknown, seated along the bronchia. -- Bronchial membrane, the mucous membrane lining the bronchia. -- Bronchial tube, the bronchi, or the bronchia.

Bron"chic (&?;), a. (Anat.) Bronchial.

Bron"chi*ole (&?;), n. (Anat.) A minute bronchial tube.

Bron*chit"ic (&?;), a. Of or pertaining to bronchitis; as, bronchitic inflammation.

Bron*chi"tis (&?;), n. [Bronchus + -itis.] (Med.) Inflammation, acute or chronic, of the bronchial tubes or any part of them.

Bron"cho (&?;), n. [Sp. bronco rough, wild.] A native or a Mexican horse of small size. [Western U.S.]

Bron"cho*cele (&?;), n. [Gr. &?;; &?; windpipe + &?; tumor.] (Med.) See Goiter.

Bron*choph"o*ny (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; windpipe + &?; sound.] A modification of the voice sounds, by which they are intensified and heightened in pitch; -- observed in auscultation of the chest in certain cases of intro-thoracic disease.

Bron`cho-pneu*mo"ni*a (&?;), n. [Bronchus + pneumonia.] (Med.) Inflammation of the bronchi and lungs; catarrhal pneumonia.

Bron"cho*tome (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; windpipe + &?; to cut.] (Surg.) An instrument for cutting into the bronchial tubes.

Bron*chot"o*my (&?;), n. (Surg.) An incision into the windpipe or larynx, including the operations of tracheotomy and laryngotomy.

||Bron"chus (&?;), n.; pl. Bronchi (&?;). [NL., fr. Gr. &?; windpipe. Cf. Bronchia.] (Anat.) One of the subdivisions of the trachea or windpipe; esp. one of the two primary divisions.

Bron"co (&?;), n. Same as Broncho.

Brond (&?;), n. [See Brand.] A sword. [Obs.]

{ Bron"to*lite (&?;), Bron"to*lith (&?;), } n. [Gr. &?; + -lite, -lith.] An aërolite. [R.]

Bron*tol"o*gy (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; thunder + -logy.] A treatise upon thunder.

||Bron`to*sau"rus (&?;), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; thunder + &?; lizard.] (Paleon.) A genus of American jurassic dinosaurs. A length of sixty feet is believed to have been attained by these reptiles.

||Bron`to*the"ri*um (&?;), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; thunder + &?; beast.] (Paleon.) A genus of large extinct mammals from the miocene strata of western North America. They were allied to the rhinoceros, but the skull bears a pair of powerful horn cores in front of the orbits, and the fore feet were four-toed. See Illustration in Appendix.

||Bron`to*zo"um (&?;), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; thunder + &?; animal.] (Paleon.) An extinct animal of large size, known from its three-toed footprints in Mesozoic sandstone.

The tracks made by these reptiles are found eighteen inches in length, and were formerly referred to gigantic birds; but the discovery of large bipedal three-toed dinosaurs has suggested that they were made by those reptiles.

Bronze (&?;), n. [F. bronze, fr. It. bronzo brown, fr. OHG. br&?;n, G. braun. See Brown, a.] 1. An alloy of copper and tin, to which small proportions of other metals, especially zinc, are sometimes added. It is hard and sonorous, and is used for statues, bells, cannon, etc., the proportions of the ingredients being varied to suit the particular purposes. The varieties containing the higher proportions of tin are brittle, as in bell metal and speculum metal.