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Webster 1913 Edition
Broach
Broach
,Noun.
[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.
Broach
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Broached
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Broaching
.] 1.
To spit; to pierce as with a spit.
I’ll
broach
the tadpole on my rapier's point. Shakespeare
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
He bravely
broached
his boiling bloody breast. Shakespeare
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Broach
BROACH
,Noun.
1.
A spit, and in some parts of the English dominions, an awl, and a bodkin.2.
A musical instrument played by turning a handle.3.
A clasp or small utensil to fasten a vest. [See Brooch.]4.
A start of the head of a young stag.BROACH
,Verb.
T.
1.
To spit; to pierce as with a spit.2.
To tap; to pierce, as a cask, in order to draw the liquor; hence, to let out.3.
To open, as a store. [Unusual.]4.
To utter; to give out; to publish first; to make public what was before unknown; as, to broach an opinion.To broach to, in navigation, to incline suddenly to windward, so as to lay the sails aback and expose the vessel to the danger of oversetting.
Definition 2024
broach
broach
See also: broaçh
English
Noun
broach (plural broaches)
- A series of chisel points mounted on one piece of steel. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- (masonry) A broad chisel for stone-cutting.
- Alternative spelling of brooch
- 2012, Cara C. Putman, A Promise Born
- She pinned a broach on her jacket.
When Viv saw it, she laughed. “Is that the best you can do? A flower broach?”
- She pinned a broach on her jacket.
- 2012, Cara C. Putman, A Promise Born
- A spit for cooking food.
- Francis Bacon
- He turned a broach that had worn a crown.
- Francis Bacon
- An awl; a bodkin; also, a wooden rod or pin, sharpened at each end, used by thatchers.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Forby to this entry?)
- (architecture, Britain, dialect) A spire rising from a tower.
- A spit-like start on the head of a young stag.
- The stick from which candle wicks are suspended for dipping.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Knight to this entry?)
- The pin in a lock which enters the barrel of the key.
Translations
series of chisel points
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Verb
broach (third-person singular simple present broaches, present participle broaching, simple past and past participle broached)
- (transitive) To make a hole in, especially a cask of liquor, and put in a tap in order to draw the liquid.
- 1837 Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History
- How often has the broached barrel proved not to be for joy and heart effusion, but for duel and head-breakage.
- 1837 Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History
- (transitive) To open, to make an opening into; to pierce.
- French knights at Agincourt were unable to broach the English line.
- (transitive, figuratively) To begin discussion about (something).
- I broached the subject of contraceptives carefully when the teenager mentioned his promiscuity.
- 1913, D.H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, chapter 4
- Yet he was much too much scared of broaching any man, let alone one in a peaked cap, to dare to ask.
- 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter VI
- I have tried on several occasions to broach the subject of my love to Lys; but she will not listen.
Related terms
Translations
make a hole in
begin discussion about
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Etymology 2
Verb
broach (third-person singular simple present broaches, present participle broaching, simple past and past participle broached)
- (intransitive) To be turned sideways to oncoming waves, especially large or breaking waves.
- The small boat broached and nearly sank, because of the large waves.
- (transitive) To cause to turn sideways to oncoming waves, especially large or breaking waves (usually followed by to; also figurative).
- 18th C, Thomas Dibdin, w: Tom Bowling
- Here a sheer hulk lies poor Tom Bowling ... for death hath broached him to.
- 18th C, Thomas Dibdin, w: Tom Bowling
- (transitive) To be overcome or submerged by a wave or surge of water.
- Each time we came around into the wind, the sea broached our bow.
Translations
turn sideways to oncoming waves
cause to turn sideways to oncoming waves