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broomy, a.|ˈbruːmɪ|
[f. as prec. + -y1.]
1. Covered with or abounding in broom.
1649W. Blithe Eng. Improv. Impr. (1653) 132 All coarse barren Heaths, Lingy, Broomy Lands. 1679Plot Staffordsh. (1686) 110 This heathy, broomy, gorsy, barren sort of Soile. 1790Burns Let. Mrs. Dunlop Nov., The broomy banks of Nith. 1852D. Moir Glen of Roslin iii. 169 Each broomy vale..bequeaths Some old heroic tale.
†2. Of or pertaining to a broom or besom. rare.
1709Swift Morning in Tatler No. 9 ⁋1 The Youth with broomy Stumps began to trace The Kennel Edge.
3. Broom-like. Cf. bushy. rare.
1807Vancouver Agric. Devon (1813) 253 Its leading shoot appears..to have spread into a small broomy top. |