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   Arrow , n. [OE. arewe, AS. arewe, earh; akin to Icel. ör, örvar, Goth. arhwazna, and perh. L. arcus bow. Cf. Arc.] A missile weapon of offense, slender, pointed, and usually feathered and barbed, to be shot from a bow.
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   Broad arrow. (a) An arrow with a broad head. (b) A mark placed upon British ordnance and government stores, which bears a rude resemblance to a broad arrowhead.
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   Broad , a. [Compar. Broader ; superl. Broadest.] [OE. brod, brad, AS. brād; akin to OS. brēd, D. breed, G. breit, Icel. breiðr, Sw. & Dan. bred, Goth. braids. Cf. Breadth.]
   Wide; extend in breadth, or from side to side; -- opposed to narrow; as, a broad street, a broad table; an inch broad.
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   Extending far and wide; extensive; vast; as, the broad expanse of ocean.
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   Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full. “Broad and open day.” 
   Bp. Porteus.
   
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   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.
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   A broad mixture of falsehood.
   Locke.
   
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   Hence: -
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   Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged.
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   The words in the Constitution are broad enough to include the case.
   D. Daggett.
   
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   In a broad, statesmanlike, and masterly way.
   E. Everett.
   
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   Plain; evident; as, a broad hint.
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   Free; unrestrained; unconfined.
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   As broad and general as the casing air.
   Shak.
   
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   (Fine Arts) Characterized by breadth. See Breadth.
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   Cross; coarse; indelicate; as, a broad compliment; a broad joke; broad humor.
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   Strongly marked; as, a broad Scotch accent.
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   ☞ Broad is often used in compounds to signify wide, large, etc.; as, broad-chested, broad-shouldered, broad-spreading, broad-winged.
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   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.
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   It is as broad as long, whether they rise to others, or bring others down to them.
   L'Estrange.
   
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   Broad pennant. See under Pennant.
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   Syn. -- Wide; large; ample; expanded; spacious; roomy; extensive; vast; comprehensive; liberal.
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