Definition of broach

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Broach (n.) The stick from which candle wicks are suspended for dipping.

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Break :: Break (v. t.) To impart, as news or information; to broach; -- with to, and often with a modified word implying some reserve; as, to break the news gently to the widow; to break a purpose cautiously to a friend..
Broach :: Broach (n.) 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..
Broche :: Broche (n.) See Broach, n..
Broach :: Broach (n.) To tap; to pierce, as a cask, in order to draw the liquor. Hence: To let out; to shed, as blood..
Broach :: Broach (n.) To spit; to pierce as with a spit.
Abroach :: Abroach (adv.) Hence: In a state to be diffused or propagated; afoot; astir.
Broach :: Broach (n.) A spit.
Broach :: Broach (n.) A broad chisel for stonecutting.
Broach :: Broach (n.) The stick from which candle wicks are suspended for dipping.
Broach :: Broach (n.) To open for the first time, as stores..
Broach :: Broach (n.) The pin in a lock which enters the barrel of the key.
Broach :: Broach (n.) To cause to begin or break out.
Broach :: Broach (n.) A spitlike start, on the head of a young stag..
Abroach :: Abroach (adv.) Broached; in a condition for letting out or yielding liquor, as a cask which is tapped..
Broach :: Broach (n.) To shape roughly, as a block of stone, by chiseling with a coarse tool..
Broach :: Broach (n.) 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..
Tame :: Tame (v. t.) To broach or enter upon; to taste, as a liquor; to divide; to distribute; to deal out..
Drift :: Drift (n.) A slightly tapered tool of steel for enlarging or shaping a hole in metal, by being forced or driven into or through it; a broach..
Broached :: Broached (imp. & p. p.) of Broac.
Broaching :: Broaching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Broac.
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