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Webster 1828 Edition

Broad-cast

BROAD-CAST

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Noun.

[broad and cast.] Among farmers, a casting or throwing seed from the hand for dispersion in sowing.

BROAD-CAST

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adv.

By scattering or throwing at large from the hand; as, to sow broad-cast.

BROAD-CAST

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Adj.

Cast or dispersed upon the ground with the hand, as seed in sowing; opposed to planting in hills or rows.