Emily Dickinson Lexicon

A-BROAD', 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. – Deut. xxiii. 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. Esther i.
6. Widely; with expansion; as, a tree spreads its branches abroad.