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andhr04d,
or 'lUid"
n. rro'lU,
or
jlrailjlru l
or
Ion"
olong a/ld
Ihir~, ~r
¡I/Iall rop', chain, jlal,
&e.
For the dininélions in theCe caCes, fee !lROAD,
W'IlE,
&c.
2.
Objcas needrarily fixed in an ma pofition can
neve, h31'e this term applied to them ; 2nd therefore
we eannot
C~y
a leng,
but
a high IO'W(Y
or
jlup".
And for the Came reafon, while trees are growing
~nd
fixed in an erea pofition, we cannot apply this
term to them; but when they are relled and laid up'
on the ground, it is quite proper and neeelI'ary.
Thus, IVe do not Cay
a IDIIg,
but
a la//
o.r
high Iru,
while it is growing; but we Cay
«
long,
not
a
la//
lag -1 'lUood
: and in the Came manner lVe raya
lall
majl,
when it is fixed in the fhip; but
a 10/lg II/ajl,
whileitlies uponthe beech. Se. T ALL and
H'GH.
3.
Thofe vegetables IVhich are of a tender pliant na·
ture, or ro IVeak as not to be able to retain a fixt po·
fition, being eonfidered as of a middle nature be·
tween ereél and pronrate bodies, admit of either
of tbe t<rms
long, lall,
or
high;
as,
a 10l/g
or
1011
rufh
or
'lUi/lo'lU wond,
or
a IOllg, lall,
or
high jlall<
01
COrll.
See
H'GH
and TALL.
~ .
The pans of vegetabies, when confidered as dininét
fromthe whole, el'en IVhen grolVing and ereél, af·
fume the term
long:
for lVe no not fay
o
la//,
but
o
10l/g fhool 01 IfU;
and.
Iru 'I!.,ilh a long
jI~1/I,
in preference tO
a
1m
'lUilh
a
high
jI"".
5.
For the fame reafon , a naif. and pole, eren when
fixed in a perpendicular direélion, .fiume the word
leng,
in pr&rence to
lall
or
high.
6.
\Vith regard tOanimals, thegeneral rule is applied,
without any exceptions;
la//,
and not
long,
being
employed tO denote the height of the human body,
"hen in an ereél poflure; and
long
and not
lall,
too
denote its Icngth IVhen in an ineumbent fitua\ion.
Long,
applied tOall other animals whieh do not lVaik
ereél, always denotes their greatcfl length iil a hori·
zODtal pofi tion from head tOtail.
7.
In a figum:ve fenfe, it denotes, with regard tO
time, any thing at a great diflanee from us.
S.
As alfo, any thing that takes
tll'
much time before
it is finifhed; as,
a"lIg dijrollrf', a prolra{/td nol,
;11 I1WjiC,
&c.
BROAD.
adj.
The diflance bctlVeen the tlVO nema
lides of any body, IVhofe geometrical dimenfions are
larger in one d"eélion than in another ; 2nd has a
tcfuenee to fupcrfieits only, and never tO the folid
COnteDtó. Oppofed
10
na,'I'O'W.
l .
BrooJ,
in the f1riaefl aceeptation, is applicd
10
de·
note thofe bodies onll' whofe fiJes are altogether
open ,nd unconfined ; as,
a broud lah/" a brood
',"hui,
&c. and in
thef~
e.tfcs,it is illl'ariably con·
tr"fled by the word
/Jarro'lU;
nor is the,e atly o:her
word .....hich in thefe eafe' eJn be confidereu a, fj no.
nyntous lVith it, or ufed in it9 lIead.
2.
Whell any ohj él is in fome fon bOllndcd
011
the
fi~es.
,lthol1Ahnot 'JI,itc clufcdup, as a road,II,eet,
dllch, 6,·. cither
hrOll1
or
""id,
mal' be cmpIJy,d,
but with fome rlilI'.:rence of lign,fication;
bro,d
be·
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ing mon properly ufed for thofe that are moreopen,.
nnd 'lUid, to thofe which aremore eonfined; norcan
this term be ever applied tOfuch objeéls as are clofe
bounded all around, as a houfe, church,
&C.
'lUid,
being here employcd. For the more accurate di·
fl inélion9 in thefe cafes, fee the anicle
W,
DE.
WIDE.
adj.
A term employed to denote relative ex·
tent in cenain cireumflances. Oppofed to
narro'lU
and
jlrail.
l.
This termisin its proper fenfe applied only to de·
note the fpace eontained within any body c10fcd all
round on every fide, as a houfe, gait,
Oc.
and dif·
fers from
broad
in this, [hat it never relates to the
fuperfieies of folid objeéls, but is employed toex–
prefs the eapaeioufnels of any body whieh contain·
eth vacant fpace j nor can capacioufnefs in this fenfe
beexprelI'ed byany other 1V0rd hUI
wid,.
2.
As many bodies may be eonfidered either
with refpeél to their c1.paeioufnefs, or fl1perfi.
cial extent j in all thefe cafes, either the term
b,w l
or
'lUid.
may be ufed ; as, •
brood
or
'lUij, jlrw
or
dilch, Oc.
but with a greater or lefs degree of
propriety, according to the eireumnances of the oh·
jeél,or theidea welVifh to convey. In a flreet \\'here
the houres.arelow, and the boundaries open, or in
a
diteh of fmall depth and large fuperficies, as this
Iargenel; of fuperficies hears the principal pro·
portion,
brand
would be more proper; but if the
houfes are of great height, or the diteh of great
depth, and capaeioufnefs is the principal propen)'
that alI'téls the mind, we would n. turally f,y. 'lUiJ,
jlml
or
dilch;
and the fdme may be faid of all
(¡.
milarc.res: hut there are fome cafcs in which both
thefe tenns Are applied, IVith a greater dilferenee of
meaning; thus we fay,
a oroad,
or •
,vid,
gnl,
;
but as the gate is emplol'ed to denote either the a·
penure in the wall, or the matlCr IVhieh clofes that
apenure, thefe terms are each of themufed to de·
note that panicular quality to II'hich they are gene·
rallyapplied : and as the opening itfelf cannel'er be
confidered as a fuperficies, the term
'lUi.I"
in this
c3fe, denotes the diflanee
h~tll'een
the fides of tite
'penllre; while, on thc contrary,
broad
denotes the
cxtent of malter fitted
10
clofe that apenure; nor
can thefe t\Vo terms in any cafe be fuhftittaed for
one another.
3.
As afigllrative cxprelliol1, it is ufed as aeant phrafe
for am¡fIJke ; as,
yOI/ are 'lUij, ol lh,
lIJar/; ;
tha[
is, not ne" the trutlt.
NARHOW.o.1;.
A
relative term,
denotin~
a propor·
tional (¡nallnd's of dindnee hUIVeen the fi.les of the
fupcrócie! uf plain bodies. Oppofcd to
Iro.d.
l .
As this is onlr apphed tOruperfieies. it is cxaaly
contralled hy
bro"d,
and is applied in 311 cdflS \; here
the lcrm
I'road
can be ufed, (fe< BR oAn) ; and
In
nO othe.r c,fe but as acontrafl to it, excert the fol·
lowing.
2.
}¡
fumetimes i! e",ployed to defcrihc the f",.,lIn,fs
01'
fl'ac~
cirwml'crihcd betwcen eenain
b~unJ",ies,
1.S oppofcJ tO
~vi.l(,
and nearly
I~'non)
mOIlS",ith
~
R
jllJil;