Broom \Broom\ (br[=oo]m), n. [OE. brom, brome, AS. br[=o]m; akin to LG. bram, D. brem, OHG. br[=a]mo broom, thorn?bush, G. brombeere blackberry. Cf. {Bramble}, n.] 1. (Bot.) A plant having twigs suitable for making brooms to sweep with when bound together; esp., the {Cytisus scoparius} of Western Europe, which is a low shrub with long, straight, green, angular branches, minute leaves, and large yellow flowers.
No gypsy cowered o'er fires of furze and broom. --Wordsworth.
2. 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made of the panicles or tops of broom corn, bound together or attached to a long wooden handle; -- so called because originally made of the twigs of the broom.
{Butcher's broom}, a plant ({Ruscus aculeatus}) of the Smilax family, used by butchers for brooms to sweep their blocks; -- called also {knee holly}. See {Cladophyll}.
{Dyer's broom}, a species of mignonette ({Reseda luteola}), used for dyeing yellow; dyer's weed; dyer's rocket.
{Spanish broom}. See under {Spanish}.
"I was talking about how I was glad scotch broom season was over, and he said something about how slugs oughta be banned, and it just came together," said Boyles.
Her storytelling helped children visiting the museum understand the ways of the sect that's famous for its simple, efficient creations, including the flat broom, clothespin and ladderback chairs.
A man forced five children in his care to smoke crack, held their heads under water and beat them with a broom and stick, then claimed "God told him to do it," police said.
They view exhibits of the efficient homespun handicrafts and furniture that made Shakers famous, including creations like the flat broom, clothespin and ladderback chairs.
The woman sees him coming, broom in hand, and she obediently takes the broom and sweeps up the trash she has spilled.
The woman sees him coming, broom in hand, and she obediently takes the broom and sweeps up the trash she has spilled.
Broom, Brush & Mop, the industry trade journal that makes its headquarters in Arcola, says broom consumption seems to be holding steady, although plastic bristles swept away a piece of the broomcorn market about 25 years ago.
While he is not exactly a new broom, he was disappointed when he left and his knowledge of UNESCO may equip him well for the inevitable bureaucratic feuding he will encounter.
As the students shouted anti-government slogans and burned their university degree certificates near Parliament, a street sweeper from a lower caste rested his broom to watch.
Vodafone is inviting users to nominate a home cell - some of which in London seem barely bigger than a broom cupboard - and calls within the home cell will be much cheaper than those made outside.
In a recent interview in a kitchen adorned with skulls, pictures of sorcerers, the obligatory broom and a humorous kitchen-witch, coven members talked about their attempts to sensitize others to their beliefs.
The five teen-agers charged with sexually assaulting a mentally retarded girl with a toy baseball bat and a broom handle have been suspended from school for 10 days.
His right eye was permanently skewed _ the result of an industrial accident that nearly blinded him when he was 28. His beard often grew so long and unruly that it swept his chest like a broom.
Members of France's National Independent Union of Guardians and Concierges are staging a protest at the Cannes Film Festival tomorrow and plan to burn a broom in front of the festival center.
"The hardest thing to find was a broom that a factory janitor would use," Crew said, explaining that the broom illustrated the change in tools as workers went from planting crops to punching clocks.
"The hardest thing to find was a broom that a factory janitor would use," Crew said, explaining that the broom illustrated the change in tools as workers went from planting crops to punching clocks.
For the non-botanical it is still a revelation. From the edge of Porto Levante a path winds up the side of the old volcano through yellow broom and pale blue thistles.