Broom :: Broom (n.) An implement for sweeping floors, etc., commonly made of the panicles or tops of broom corn, bound together or attached to a long wooden handle; -- so called because originally made of the twigs of the broom..

Broom :: Broom (v. t.) See Bream.

Broom Corn :: Broom corn () A variety of Sorghum vulgare, having a joined stem, like maize, rising to the height of eight or ten feet, and bearing its seeds on a panicle with long branches, of which brooms are made..

Broom Rape :: Broom rape () A genus (Orobanche) of parasitic plants of Europe and Asia. They are destitute of chlorophyll, have scales instead of leaves, and spiked flowers, and grow attached to the roots of other plants, as furze, clover, flax, wild carrot, etc. The name is sometimes applied to other plants related to this genus, as Aphyllon uniflorumand A. Ludovicianum..

Broomstaff :: Broomstaff (n.) A broomstick.

Broomstick :: Broomstick (n.) A stick used as a handle of a broom.

Broomy :: Broomy (a.) Of or pertaining to broom; overgrowing with broom; resembling broom or a broom.

Bullet-proof :: Bullet-proof (a.) Capable of resisting the force of a bullet.

Butcher''s Broom :: Butcher's broom () A genus of plants (Ruscus); esp. R. aculeatus, which has large red berries and leaflike branches. See Cladophyll..

By-room :: By-room (n.) A private room or apartment.

Ceroon :: Ceroon (n.) A bale or package. covered with hide, or with wood bound with hide; as, a ceroon of indigo, cochineal, etc..

Chay Root :: Chay root () The root of the Oldenlandia umbellata, native in India, which yieds a durable red dyestuff..

Cheroot :: Cheroot (n.) A kind of cigar, originally brought from Mania, in the Philippine Islands; now often made of inferior or adulterated tobacco..

Choy Root :: Choy root () See Chay root.

Cloakroom :: Cloakroom (n.) A room, attached to any place of public resort, where cloaks, overcoats, etc., may be deposited for a time..

Clubroom :: Clubroom (n.) The apartment in which a club meets.

Cockamaroo :: Cockamaroo (n.) The Russian variety of bagatelle.

Coffeeroom :: Coffeeroom (n.) A public room where coffee and other refreshments may be obtained.

Colicroot :: Colicroot (n.) A bitter American herb of the Bloodwort family, with the leaves all radical, and the small yellow or white flowers in a long spike (Aletris farinosa and A. aurea). Called sometimes star grass, blackroot, blazing star, and unicorn root..

Cookroom :: Cookroom (n.) A room for cookery; a kitchen; the galley or caboose of a ship.

Countingroom :: Countingroom (v.) The house or room in which a merchant, trader, or manufacturer keeps his books and transacts business..

Croodle :: Croodle (v. i.) To cower or cuddle together, as from fear or cold; to lie close and snug together, as pigs in straw..

Croodle :: Croodle (v. i.) To fawn or coax.

Croodle :: Croodle (v. i.) To coo.

Crook :: Crook (n.) A bend, turn, or curve; curvature; flexure..

Crook :: Crook (n.) Any implement having a bent or crooked end.

Crook :: Crook (n.) The staff used by a shepherd, the hook of which serves to hold a runaway sheep..

Crook :: Crook (n.) A bishop's staff of office. Cf. Pastoral staff.

Crook :: Crook (n.) A pothook.

Crook :: Crook (n.) An artifice; trick; tricky device; subterfuge.

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