brokage 
Proud 
Of liis rich cloaks auci suits, though got l>y linkage. 
Masttiitt/n; Duke of .Milan, iii. 2. 
Marriage brokage. See mamY/.w. 
broke 1 (brok). Preterit and (with broken) past 
participle of break. 
692 
ness Of heart, the state of having the spirits crushed by 
grief or despair ; abject mental misery. 
Helpless, hopeless broke iiitcitx of heart. 
Byron, Corsair, iii. 22. 
Nor was this submission the effect of content, but of 
mere stupefaction and brokennexs of heart.^ Th() iron had 
entered into his soul. 
bromlite 
with six bromine atoms. It crystallizes in yel- 
low needles. 
bromate (bro'mat), . [< brom(ine) + -afei.] A 
salt formed by the combination of bromic acid 
with a base. 
on, Works, ii. 94. (Davits.) 
r , j entered iiiio ins noui. Macaulay, Hist. Eng., xvii. bromatOgraphy (bro-ma-tog'ra-fi), n. [< Gr. 
brokeH, n. [A var. of ferae*;!, q . v .] A breach. broken . winded (bro'kn-win'ded), a. Having pp^(r-), food, + -ypajia, < j,,d^v, write, de- 
for broke, eye for eye, andjooth fortooth.^ ^ ^ ghort breath or d i gor dered respiration, as a scribe.] A descnption of foods. Also bro- 
horse. See broken wind, under wind?. mograplty and bromatology. 
bromatology (bro-ma-tol o-ji), n. [< Gr. ppo- 
" , food, + -'Aoyia, '< ).eyt:iv, speak: see -ology.] 
* '., ":"'.,. urvwtur. IYAU. vtvutiwi , aiow, viuu I^CJUA, **.!.. ~~ as orottiautyrttptty. 
is not found in this sense. See broker and 6 ' ML abrocator with a corresponding brome (brom), n. [< Gr. /3p^o f , a stench: see 
brokage.] 1. To transact business for another - -> <= j. . 
in trade ; act as agent in buying and selling 
and other commercial business ; carry on the 
business of a broker. 2f. To act as a go- 
between or procurer in love matters ; pimp. 
And brakes with all that can in such a suit 
Corrupt the tender honour of a maid. 
Shak., All's Well, iii. B. 
We do want a certain necessary woman to broke between 
them, Cupid said. Faiisham. 
3f. To transact business by means of an agent. 
vcru, ^P. abroker, ML. "abrocare (also in deriv. bromine.] Same as bromine, 
abrocamentum: see abbrochment), act as a bro- brome-grass (brom'gras), n. [< brome, E. for 
ker); prob. of LG. origin: MLG. bruker, a bro- NL. Bromus, + grass.'] A common name for 
ker,= 4ast Fries, broker, a broker (schips-broker, grasses of the genus Bromus, of which there 
a ship-broker) ; prob. orig. ' one who uses, oc- are about 40 species widely distributed, chiefly 
cupies, manages'; cf. MD. broke, bruyck, breuk, through the northern temperate zone. They are 
D),L..;l. , ,.,,of.,,,, CMT P Tmilrinnr nap nearly allied to the fescue-grasses(/'i'*fi), but are mostly 
.gebruik, use, custom (MLG. brukinge, use, ^^ of com , )lir , ltivelv lifctl v e nlne . chess or cheat 
usufruct), = OHG. bruh, G. branch, custom, ge- (B se ^au mls ) an d Schrader's brome-grass (B. mtioloides) 
braueh, custom, use, employment, etc., = Dan. have been cultivated as annual forage-grasses. Also, cor- 
brug = Sw. bruk, use, employment, custom, _ruptly, broom-grass. _ 
), business ; from the verb, MD. bniyeken, 
when men shall wait upon others' necessity, broke by ser- 
vants and instruments to draw them on, ... and the like 
practices. Bacon, Riches. 
broke 3 t, An obsolete form of brookl. 
broke 4 t, " * A Middle English form of brook%. 
broked. . See brocket. [Scotch.] 
broken (bro'kn), p. a. [Pp. of break; < ME. bro- 
ken, often shortened to broke, < AS. brocen, < bre- 
can, break: see break.] 1. Not integral or en- 
tire ; fractional : opposed to round, as applied 
to numbers. 
This new-created income of two millions will probably 
furnish 6B5,000 (I avoid broken numbers). Burke. 
2. Rough; intersected with hills and valleys 
or ravines : applied to the surface of a country 
or district. 3. Bankrupt. 4. Imperfect; un- 
grammatical; wanting in fluency or correct- 
ness of pronunciation : as, broken French. 
Break thy mind to me in broken English. 
Shak., Hen. V., v. 2. 
5. In her., depicted as having been forcibly 
torn off, leaving the end shivered or splintered. 
6. In enfant., abruptly bent at an angle ; ge- 
niculate : said specifically of antennes in which 
the terminal portion forms an angle with the 
longbasal joint. Broken beer. See be.eri. Broken 
cadence. See cadence. Broken Chords, in music, chords 
the tones of which are played in succession instead of si- 
multaneously. See arpeggio. Broken colors, in paint- 
ing, colors produced by the mixture of two or more pig- 
ments. The term is usually applied to those tints which 
result from the combination in various proportions of blue, 
red, and yellow. Broken line, a line formed of a num- 
ber of straight lines joined at their ends and not forming 
a continuous straight Hue. Broken man, a member of a 
clan which had been broken up, or one separated from his 
clan on account of crime ; hence, an outlaw ; a vagabond ; 
a public depredator. [Scotch. ] Broken meat, victuals, 
fragments of food. Broken music, music played on 
harps, guitars, and other instruments on which the chords 
are usually played as arpeggios. 
Fair prince, here is good broken music. 
Shak., T. and C., iii. I. 
Broken voyage, in u>hale-fixhinfr, an unprofitable voy- 
age, or a losing voyage. C. M. Scammon, Marine Mam- 
mals (Glossary), p. 310. Broken water, waves breaking 
on and near shallows, or by the contention of currents in 
a narrow channel. Broken wind. See itrindz. 
broken-backed (bro'kn-bakt), a. [ME. broke- 
bakked.] 1. Having the back broken, in any 
sense of the noun back: as, a broken-backed 
book. 
bruken, use, need, refl. use, have to do with, = 
OHG. bruhhen, MHG. bruchen, G. brauchen, use, 
need, = AS. brucan, ME. bruken, brouken, bro- 
ken, use, possess, enjoy, digest, mod. E. brook, 
endure: see brook 2 . The F. brocanter, deal in 
second-hand goods, is prob. of the same origin.] 
Bromel, a Swedish botanist (1639-1705).] A 
genus of American tropical plants, of the nat- 
ural order Bromeliacete, including four or five 
species having rigid, spiny-margined leaves 
closely packed upon a short stem. The wild pine- 
apple (B. Piivjuin) is often used 4s a hedge-plant, and yields 
what is known as pinguin fiber. The istle-grass of Mexico 
(B. ftylvextrix) produces an excellent fiber. 
. 
1. A middleman or agent who, for a commis- JJromeliacese (bro-me-li-a'se-e), n. pi. [NL., < 
sion or rate per cent, on the value of the trans- Bromelia + -ucece.] A natural order of endo- 
action, negotiates for others the purchase or g enous plants, with inferior ovary, allied to 
sale of stocks, bonds, commodities, or property tne AmarylUdaceai, but with only three of the 
divisions of the perianth resembling petals, 
and the rigid leaves often scurfy and spiny. 
The species are all natives of tropical or subtropical re- 
gions of America, and many of them are epiphytes. The 
order includes the pineapple (Ananas) and some valuable 
fiber-plants of the genera Brontelia and Karatas. The 
other more important genera are Tillandsia (to which the 
Spanish moss of the southern Vnited States belongs), Pit- 
cairnia, s&chinea, and BUlberyia, many species of which 
, SLJ^^| in huthousea for their curiou8 habit and 
er, or a lender of bro 'mhydrate (brom-hl'drat), . [< brom(ate) 
+ hydrate.] Same as hydrobromate. 
I.-., 1 -,, rVivfi'mi na> nl brnniifidft CVvro-mi'- 
DronuaS (bro mi-US), . , pi. Or mi 
a-dez). [Gr. Ppo/uaf, a large cup.] In arcJiteol., 
a cup or drinking-vessel of the type of the scy- 
phus, but of larger size. 
bromic (bro'mik), a. [< brom(ine) + -ic.] Per- 
taining to bromine. Bromic add, an acid contain- 
ing bromine and oxygen with hydrogen replaceable by a 
base. BromlC Silver, the mineral bromyrite. 
bromide (bro'mid or -mid), n. [< brom(me) + 
-wfe 2 .] A compound formed by the union of 
bromine with another element or with an or- 
ganic radical. Also bromuret. 
bromidrosis (bro-mi-dro'sis), . [NL., < Gr. 
/Ipufiof, a stench, + idpuf, sweat, perspiration.] 
Fetid perspiration. 
brominated (bro'mi-ua-ted), a. [< bromine + 
-rtfc 2 + -fd%.] In chem., treated or combined 
with bromine. Fweues. 
of any kind, or who attends to the doing of some- 
thing for another. Brokers are of several kinds, ac- 
cording to the particular branch of business to which their 
attention is confined, as stock-brokers, exchange-brokers, 
bill-brokers, cotton-brokers, ship-brokers, etc. See these 
words. 
Tom Folio is a broker in learning, employed to get to- 
gether good editions, and stock the libraries of great men. 
Addison, Tom Folio. 
2. One who lends money on pledges, or lets out 
articles for hire ; a pawnbrok 
goods. 
The price of these hir'd clothes I do not know, gentlemen ! 
Those jewels are the broker's, how you stand bound for 
'em ! Fletcher, Wildgoose Chase, iv. 1. 
3f. A pimp or procurer ; a pander. 
May be, you look'd I should petition to you, 
As you went to your horse ; flatter your servants, 
To play the brokers for my furtherance. 
Fletcher (and another), Queen of Corinth, i. 2. 
Hence, broker, lackey! ignomy and shame 
Pursue thy life. Shak., T. and C., v. 11. 
[Some editions read broker-lackey.] 
Broker's note, a bought or sold note ; a voucher deliv- 
ered by a broker to his principal containing particulars 
of a sale or purchase. Custom-house broker. See <* 
tom-houe. street broker, or curbstone broker, ii 
stock-broker who is not a member of the stock exchange, 
but who carries out the orders of others by transactions in 
the streets, or by going from office to office. [U. S.] 
brokerage (bro'ker-aj), ii. [< broker + -aye; 
substituted for earlier brokage.'] 1. The busi- 
ness or employment of a broker. 2. The fee bromine (bro'min), . [< NL. brominium, < Gr. 
---- 1 ----- .i 4.__t: 
or commission given or charged for transacting 
business as a broker. 
brokerlyt (bro'ker-li), a. [< broker + -ly 1 .] 
Mean; servile. 
We had determined that thou should'st have come 
In a Spanish suit, and have carried her so ; and he, 
A brokerly slave ! goes, puts it on himself. 
B. Jonson, Alchemist, iv. 4. 
Yellow, thumbed, devastated by flies and time, stained v rn i..onrt Chrn'kAr ii K brnker + - 1 The 
with spots of oil and varnish, broken-backed, dog's-eared pTOKeryt (Dro Ker-lJ, n. \\orokei T y.\ 
- a sorry lazar-house copy, which no bookstall-keeper business of a broker. Marlowe. 
would look at. G. A. Sala, Dutch Pictures, broking (bro'king), p. a. [Ppr. of broke'-, i:~\ 
1. Engaged as abroker. 2. Pertaining to the 
business of a broker or a pawnbroker. 
Redeem from broking pawn the blemish'd crown. 
Shak., Rich. II., ii. 1. 
3. Pandering; pimping. 
brokket. 
Specifically 2. Naut., hogged: descriptive of 
the condition of a ship when, from faulty con- 
struction or from grounding, her frame be- 
comes so loosened as to cause both ends to 
droop. 
broken-bellied (bro'kn-bel"id), . Having a 
ruptured belly ; hence, broken down ; degener- 
ate. [Rare.] 
Suchisourfcroten-fceiKcdage. E. Sandys, Essays, p. 168. broma (bro'ma), n. 
broken-hearted (bro'kn-har'ted), a. Having 
the spirits depressed or crushed by grief or 
despair. 
He hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted. Isa. Ixi. 1. 
brokenly (bro'kn-li), adv. 1. Iii a broken, in- 
terrupted manner ; without regularity. 2. In 
broken or imperfect language. 
Is 't you, Sir Pandarus, the broking knight of Troy? 
Middle, ton, Blurt, Master-Constable, ii. 1. 
See brock^, brocks, e tc. 
[< Gr. 
lipijfiof, also Ppo/u>f, a stench.] Chemical sym- 
bol, Br ; atomic weight, 80. A non-metallic ele- 
ment allied in its chemical relations to chlo- 
rine and iodine. It is a dark-reddish liquid, opaque 
except in thin layers, sparingly soluble in water, having a 
specific gravity of 3.19 at 32 F. It is volatile, and emits 
at ordinary temperatures reddish vapors which have a 
powerful suffocating odor, and are intensely irritating to 
the mucous membrane. When dropped on the skin, bro- 
mine produces corrosive sores. It is not found native, 
but occurs combined with bases in very minute quantities 
in sea-water and the ashes of marine plants, and in larger 
amount in certain mineral springs. Some ores of silver 
also contain bromine in combination. With hydrogen 
bromine forms hydrobromic acid (HBr), and with bromine 
or hydrobromic acid most metals form compounds called 
bromides, which are extensively used in medicine. Bro- 
mine itself is also used medicinally in very dilute solu- 
tions. Also called bf"ni'>. 
brominism (bro'min-izm), . [< bromine + 
-ixm.] Same as bromism. 
bromise, *' t. See bromize. 
"f a .' f,di < Wp- bromism (bro'mizm), . [< brom(ine) + -i#>n.] 
A diseased condition produced by excessive 
use of bromides. It is characterized by somnolence. 
weakness of mind and memory, confused speech, feebleand 
staggering gait, impaired senses, diminished reflex excita- 
bility, suppression of sexual instinct, eruption on the skin, 
feebleness of the heart, catarrh, etc. Also called bromini*in. 
If you will love me soundly with your French heart, I 
will be glad to hear you confess it brokenly with your 
English tongue. 
anew, 2d aor. e'flpuv, eat ; cf . /iopa, food, L. vorare, 
devour, from the same root.] 1. Aliment. 
2. A preparation from cocoa-seeds or -beans, 
used in decoction as a beverage. 
bromal (bro'mal), . [< bromiine) + al(cohol).'] 
^ ,/y-is j-t*~v-rV\ -it j 11 O.T_ A; iccuieiiesB ui me iicm t, liiimiii, i-n . ^\iov ^.n**-^. vj.. 
A compound (CBr 3 COH) obtained by the action i, rom it e (bro'inlt), . Same as brotni/ritc. 
of bromine on alcohol. It is a colorless, oily fluid, hromize (bro'miz), r. t. ; pret. and ppl bromi:<-d. 
of a penetrating odor and sharp, burning taste. It has " ,.,.,.,}.:.:..,. , / i,r <>IH (j llf ) + .;> 1 In ,,l t o- 
been used in medicine, having properties similar to those PP r - Dromtsmg. L\f 
of chloral tog., to prepare or treat with a bromide 
. ., 
Shak., Hen. V., v. 2. bromaloin (bro ' ma-loin), n. [< brom(ine) + spelled li 
H 3 
Also 
, . 
brokenness (bro'kn-nes), n. [< broken + (barb)aloin.] A substance (C 3 4H 30 Br 6 Oi4) de- bromlite (brom' lit), . [< Brom ley (Bromley 
-ness.] The state of being broken. Broken- rived from barbaloin by replacing six hydrogen Hill in Cumberland, England) + -ifr 2 .] A car- 
