BPage 415
- English Word Broach Definition 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.
- English Word Broach Definition A broad chisel for stonecutting.
- English Word Broach Definition A spire rising from a tower.
- English Word Broach Definition A clasp for fastening a garment. See Brooch.
- English Word Broach Definition A spitlike start, on the head of a young stag.
- English Word Broach Definition The stick from which candle wicks are suspended for dipping.
- English Word Broach Definition The pin in a lock which enters the barrel of the key.
- English Word Broach Definition To spit; to pierce as with a spit.
- English Word Broach Definition To tap; to pierce, as a cask, in order to draw the liquor. Hence: To let out; to shed, as blood.
- English Word Broach Definition To open for the first time, as stores.
- English Word Broach Definition To make public; to utter; to publish first; to put forth; to introduce as a topic of conversation.
- English Word Broach Definition To cause to begin or break out.
- English Word Broach Definition To shape roughly, as a block of stone, by chiseling with a coarse tool.
- English Word Broach Definition To enlarge or dress (a hole), by using a broach.
- English Word Broached Definition of Broach
- English Word Broacher Definition A spit; a broach.
- English Word Broacher Definition One who broaches, opens, or utters; a first publisher or promoter.
- English Word Broaching Definition of Broach
- English Word Broad Definition Wide; extend in breadth, or from side to side; -- opposed to narrow; as, a broad street, a broad table; an inch broad.
- English Word Broad Definition Extending far and wide; extensive; vast; as, the broad expanse of ocean.