Definition of broken

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Broken (v. t.) Fractured; cracked; disunited; sundered; strained; apart; as, a broken reed; broken friendship..

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Conglutinant :: Conglutinant (a.) Cementing together; uniting closely; causing to adhere; promoting healing, as of a wound or a broken bone, by adhesion of the parts..
Broken-backed :: Broken-backed (a.) Hogged; so weakened in the frame as to droop at each end; -- said of a ship.
Hell :: Hell (v. t.) A place into which a tailor throws his shreds, or a printer his broken type..
Rack :: Rack (v. i.) To fly, as vapor or broken clouds..
Nick :: Nick (n.) A broken or indented place in any edge or surface; nicks in china.
Wreck :: Wreck (v. t.) The ruins of a ship stranded; a ship dashed against rocks or land, and broken, or otherwise rendered useless, by violence and fracture; as, they burned the wreck..
Calx :: Calx (n.) Broken and refuse glass, returned to the post..
Broken-bellied :: Broken-bellied (a.) Having a ruptured belly.
Bonesetter :: Bonesetter (n.) One who sets broken or dislocated bones; -- commonly applied to one, not a regular surgeon, who makes an occupation of setting bones..
Flax :: Flax (n.) The skin or fibrous part of the flax plant, when broken and cleaned by hatcheling or combing..
Rough :: Rough (n.) Not level; having a broken surface; uneven; -- said of a piece of land, or of a road..
Hog :: Hog (v. i.) To become bent upward in the middle, like a hog's back; -- said of a ship broken or strained so as to have this form..
Breakage :: Breakage (n.) An allowance or compensation for things broken accidentally, as in transportation or use..
Abrupt :: Abrupt (a.) Broken off; very steep, or craggy, as rocks, precipices, banks; precipitous; steep; as, abrupt places..
Solid :: Solid (a.) Applied to a compound word whose parts are closely united and form an unbroken word; -- opposed to hyphened.
Crumb :: Crumb (n.) A small fragment or piece; especially, a small piece of bread or other food, broken or cut off..
Knockstone :: Knockstone (n.) A block upon which ore is broken up.
Crag :: Crag (n.) A steep, rugged rock; a rough, broken cliff, or point of a rock, on a ledge..
Unbacked :: Unbacked (a.) Never mounted by a rider; unbroken.
Frail :: Frail (superl) Easily broken; fragile; not firm or durable; liable to fail and perish; easily destroyed; not tenacious of life; weak; infirm.
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