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1. abrọ̄d(e adv.(2)

Additional spellings: abrode
3 quotations in 1 sense
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In the act of brooding, for hatching eggs; setten abrod, sitten abrod. …

2. abrōd(e adv.(1)

Additional spellings: abrode
75 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) So as to cover a wide space; out, wide, open; drawen abrod, maken abrod, spreden abrod, etc., to spread (sth.) out, stretch out, extend; holden abrod, hold (sth.) open or wide; spreden (waxen)……

3. brod nail n.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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Some kind of nail. …

4. brodden v.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To sprout; -- used fig.; (b) to goad, urge, incite. …

5. brọ̄d n.(2)

39 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Coll. The offspring of an animal; esp., the young of birds and fish; ful of brod; (b) coll. children; descendants; (c) a child, an infant. …

6. brōden v.(1)

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(a) To make (sth.) wider, extend, enlarge; spread (the wings); (b) to make (sth.) widely known, spread abroad, proclaim. …

7. brōd(e)nesse n.

Additional spellings: brodenesse
7 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Breadth, width; (b) largeness, extent; brodnesse of erthe, the extent of the earth, the whole earth; also, a spacious place; (c) in brodnesse, at large, in freedom, freely. …

8. brōdelyche adv.

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Copiously. …

9. brọ̄deful adj.

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Prolific. …

10. brọ̄den v.(2)

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To sit on eggs, hatch. …

11. unbrāde adj.

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In comb.: unbrade thistel, some kind of thistle. …

12. penī-brēd n.

Additional spellings: penibred
5 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) ?A mold or board for making penny loaves; (b) as surname. …

13. hō̆nd-brēde n.

Additional spellings: hondbrede
13 quotations in 1 sense
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The breadth of a hand, four inches; also, a piece of something of this width. …

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