Both Uses of
breadth
in
Wuthering Heights
- Heathcliff measured the height and breadth of the speaker with an eye full of derision.†
Chpt 11 *
- The present Catherine has no other likeness to her, except a breadth of forehead, and a certain arch of the nostril that makes her appear rather haughty, whether she will or not.†
Chpt 33
Definitions:
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(1)
(breadth) the distance between two sides; or the range of variety -- especially a broad range of knowledge
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
More rarely, at one time a breadths described a piece of cloth of full width.