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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Broach \Broach\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Broached}; p. pr & vb n. {Broaching}.] [F. brocher, fr broche. See {Broach}, n.] 1. To spit; to pierce as with a spit. I'll broach the tadpole on my rapier's point. --Shak. 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. --Shak. 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. --Knolles. 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. --Swift. 5. To cause to begin or break out [Obs.] --Shak. 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Broach \Broach\, n. [OE. broche, F. broche, fr LL brocca; prob. of Celtic origin; cf W. proc thrust, stab, Gael. brog awl. Cf {Brooch}.] 1. A spit. [Obs.] He turned a broach that had worn a crown. --Bacon. 2. An awl; a bodkin; also a wooden rod or pin, sharpened at each end used by thatchers. [Prov. Eng.] --Forby. 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. --Knight. 9. The pin in a lock which enters the barrel of the key. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: broach n : a decorative pin worn by women [syn: {brooch}, {breastpin}] v : bring up a topic for discussion [syn: {initiate}]
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