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Webster 1913 Edition


Broth

Broth

,
Noun.
[AS.
broð
; akin to OHG.
brod
,
brot
; cf. Ir.
broth
, Gael.
brot
. √93. Cf.
Brewis
,
Brew
.]
Liquid in which flesh (and sometimes other substances, as barley or rice) has been boiled; thin or simple soup.
I am sure by your unprejudiced discourses that you love
broth
better than soup.
Addison.

Webster 1828 Edition


Broth

BROTH

,
Noun.
brauth.
1.
Liquor in which flesh is boiled and macerated,usually with rice and herbs, or some ingredient to give it a better relish.
2.
In America, the word is often applied to foaming water, and especially to a mixture of snow and water in the highways which is called snow-broth.