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. [ 1913 Webster ] I'll broach the tadpole on my rapier's point. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. To tap; to pierce, as a cask, in order to draw the liquor. Hence: To let out; to shed, as blood. [ 1913 Webster ] Whereat with blade, with bloody blameful blade,
He bravely broached his boiling bloody breast. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. To open for the first time, as stores. [ 1913 Webster ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ] 4. To make public; to utter; to publish first; to put forth; to introduce as a topic of conversation. [ 1913 Webster ] Those very opinions themselves had broached. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ] 5. To cause to begin or break out. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] 6. (Masonry) To shape roughly, as a block of stone, by chiseling with a coarse tool. [ Scot. & North of Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ] 7. To enlarge or dress (a hole), by using a broach. [ 1913 Webster ]
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
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