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Broach   /broʊtʃ/   Listen
verb
Broach  v. t.  (past & past part. broached; pres. part. broaching)  
1.
To spit; to pierce as with a spit. "I'll broach the tadpole on my rapier's point."
2.
To tap; to pierce, as a cask, in order to draw the liquor. Hence: To let out; to shed, as blood. "Whereat with blade, with bloody blameful blade, He bravely broached his boiling bloody breast."
3.
To open for the first time, as stores. "You shall want neither weapons, victuals, nor aid; I will open the old armories, I will broach my store, and will bring forth my stores."
4.
To make public; to utter; to publish first; to put forth; to introduce as a topic of conversation. "Those very opinions themselves had broached."
5.
To cause to begin or break out. (Obs.)
6.
(Masonry) To shape roughly, as a block of stone, by chiseling with a coarse tool. (Scot. & North of Eng.)
7.
To enlarge or dress (a hole), by using a broach.
To broach to (Naut.), to incline suddenly to windward, so as to lay the sails aback, and expose the vessel to the danger of oversetting.


noun
Broach  n.  
1.
A spit. (Obs.) "He turned a broach that had worn a crown."
2.
An awl; a bodkin; also, a wooden rod or pin, sharpened at each end, used by thatchers. (Prov. Eng.)
3.
(Mech.)
(a)
A tool of steel, generally tapering, and of a polygonal form, with from four to eight cutting edges, for smoothing or enlarging holes in metal; sometimes made smooth or without edges, as for burnishing pivot holes in watches; a reamer. The broach for gun barrels is commonly square and without taper.
(b)
A straight tool with file teeth, made of steel, to be pressed through irregular holes in metal that cannot be dressed by revolving tools; a drift.
4.
(Masonry) A broad chisel for stonecutting.
5.
(Arch.) A spire rising from a tower. (Local, Eng.)
6.
A clasp for fastening a garment. See Brooch.
7.
A spitlike start, on the head of a young stag.
8.
The stick from which candle wicks are suspended for dipping.
9.
The pin in a lock which enters the barrel of the key.





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"Broach" Quotes from Famous Books



... longed to discuss with Lord Strathern the propriety of setting traps for his own officers, when posting, with important intelligence, to their common commander. But there was a lady in the case, and Sir Rowland was afraid to broach the subject; Lord Strathern, too, though his subordinate was nearly old enough for his father—a man of high rank, and a known good soldier; so he put off the discussion to a more convenient season. As to L'Isle, Sir Rowland had been watching him closely, and saw ...
— The Actress in High Life - An Episode in Winter Quarters • Sue Petigru Bowen
... of the fish into strips, and hang them up to the mast. This he did for the sake of drying them, and thus preserving them longer. All we could do now was to keep the boat directly before the wind, for I dreaded lest she should broach to and be immediately overturned. I cast a look back at our island, which seemed gradually to sink into the sea, till at length it was altogether lost to sight. Here we were in this small boat tossing on the waves out of sight of land, and not knowing where we ...
— In the Eastern Seas • W.H.G. Kingston
... a relieved tone. "But I'll have it for yer soon's I see my way to it. Sometime when Jane's feelin' real good, I'll broach ...
— Polly of Lady Gay Cottage • Emma C. Dowd
... what, my buck,' said Mr Tappertit, releasing his leg; 'I'll trouble you not to take liberties, and not to broach certain questions unless certain questions are broached to you. Speak when you're spoke to on particular subjects, and not otherways. Hold the torch up till I've got to the end of the court, and then kennel yourself, ...
— Barnaby Rudge • Charles Dickens
... Margaret. She had gone to Elizabeth at once, to see what she could do, but Elizabeth had been in her closet, digging among her clothes. She had got out her best frock and put it on, while her mother sat on the bed not even daring to broach the matter in her mind, and had gone out. There was a sort of cold determination in her that frightened Margaret. She had laughed a good bit, ...
— The Breaking Point • Mary Roberts Rinehart


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