Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913
Broadcast
Broad′cast′ (·kȧst′), n. (Agric.) A casting or throwing seed in all directions, as from the hand in sowing.
Broad′cast′, a. 1. Cast or dispersed in all directions, as seed from the hand in sowing; widely diffused.
2. Scattering in all directions (as a method of sowing); — opposed to planting in hills, or rows.
Broad′cast′, adv. So as to scatter or be scattered in all directions; so as to spread widely, as seed from the hand in sowing, or news from the press.