in botany. See Genista.

Butchers-Broom, the English name of the ruscus. See Spartium.

Spanish-Broom, in botany. See Spartium.

Broom-flower, ordre de la genisse, an order instituted by St Louis, king of France, to shew the esteem which he had for the queen his wife, who, the evening before his queen's coronation, received this order himself.

Broom-rape, in botany. See Orobanche.

Brooming, or Breaming, of a ship, the washing and burning off all the filth that she has contracted on her sides with weeds, straw, broom, or the like, when she is on the careen, or on the ground. See Careening.