Abroad

Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary · Matthew George Easton, Noah Webster

Abroad - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

ABROAD, adv. abrawd'. [See Broad]

In a general sense, at large; widely; not confined to narrow limits. Hence,

1. In the open air.

2. Beyond or out of the walls of a house, as to walk abroad.

3. Beyond the limits of a camp. Deu 23:10

4. Beyond the bounds of a country; in foreign countries - as to go abroad for an education. We have broils at home and enemies abroad.

5. Extensively; before the public at large.

He began to blaze abroad the matter. Mark 1:45.

Est 1.

6. Widely; with expansion; as a tree spreads its branches abroad.

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Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)

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