An old army word, used for reduced; as, a broken lieutenant, &c. The word is also applied to troops in line when not dressed. The heart of a gale is said to be broken; parole is broken; also, leave, bulk, &c. (which see).
·vt Subdued; humbled; contrite. II. Broken ·p.p. of <<Break>>. III. Broken ·vt Subjugated; trained...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·add. ·- Abscess of the mammary gland. ...
·- The <<Heaves>>. ...
·adj Having a broken back; as, a broken-backed chair. II. Broken-backed ·adj Hogged; so weakened in...
·adj Having a ruptured belly. ...
·adj Having the spirits depressed or crushed by grief or despair. ...
·adj Having short breath or disordered respiration, as a horse. ...
·adj Broken out, or marked, with smallpox; pock-fretten. ...
·adj Having the power of breathing impaired by the rupture, dilatation, or running together of air c...
At the western end of Cheapside. near the church of St. Michael le Querne. Erected by the Earl of Gl...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
Described variously as a place, a tavern and a tenement on the south side of Westchepe opposite le S...
South out of Upper Thames Street at No. 41a, to the Thames, in Queenhithe Ward (P.O. Directory). Opp...
The state of a ship so loosened in her frame, either by age, weakness, or some great strain from gro...
The Sailor's Word-Book
Fallen off, in azimuth, from the course. Also, men taken from one duty to be put on another. ...
When the clouds separate in divisions, passing ahead and astern of a ship, and affecting her but lit...
The contention of currents in a narrow channel. Also, the waves breaking on and near shallows, occas...
Erected by Bevis Bulmer in 1594 within the gate of an old stone house belonging to the Duke of Norfo...