intransitive & transitive verb. To veer or cause to veer broadside to the wind and waves.

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transitive verb. To bring up (a subject) for discussion or debate.

transitive verb. To announce.

transitive verb. To pierce in order to draw off liquid.

transitive verb. To draw off (a liquid) by piercing a hole in a cask or other container.

transitive verb. To shape or enlarge (a hole) with a tapered, serrated tool.

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noun. A tapered, serrated tool used to shape or enlarge a hole.

noun. The hole made by such a tool.

noun. A spit for roasting meat.

noun. A mason's narrow chisel.

noun. A gimlet for tapping or broaching casks.

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noun. An occasional name for the hurdy-gurdy (which see).

noun. In quarrying, a tool used in a machine-drill to break down the walls between a row of boreholes in order to form a continuous channel. Also called broaching-bit.

noun. A short-stapled cotton grown in the Broach district of the Bombay Presidency, British India.

To spit; pierce as with a spit.

To spur.

In masonry, to rough-hew.

To open for the first time for the purpose of taking out something; more especially, to tap or pierce, as a cask in order to draw the liquor: as, to broach a hogshead.

Hence, figuratively To open, as the mouth for utterance.

To let out; shed.

To state or give expression to for the first time; utter; give out; especially, begin conversation or discussion about; introduce by way of topic: as, to broach a theory or an opinion.

To give a start to; set going.

noun. A spit.

noun. A spear.

noun. An awl; a bodkin.

noun. A spike; a skewer; a sharp stick; specifically, a rod of sallow, hazel, or other tough and pliant wood, sharpened at each end and bent in the middle, used by thatchers to pierce and fix their work.

noun. A spur.

noun. A fish-hook.

noun. A spike or standard for a candle.

noun. A taper; a torch.

noun. A spindle; a spool.

noun. In architecture, formerly, a spire of any kind; now, specifically, as used in some parts of England and by some writers on architecture, a spire which rises directly from the walls of its tower, without parapets and gutters.

noun. A narrow - pointed chisel used by masons for hewing stones.

noun. Any tapered boring-bit or drill.

noun. A straight steel tool with file-teeth for pressing through irregular holes in metal that cannot be dressed by revolving tools.

noun. That part of the stem of a key which projects beyond the bit or web, and enters a socket in the interior of the lock.

noun. That pin in a lock which enters the barrel of the key.

noun. The stick from which candle-wicks are suspended for dipping.

noun. A gimlet used in opening casks for sampling their contents.

noun. A fitting for an Argand gas-burner.

noun. A start, like the end of a spit, on the head of a young stag.

noun. A pin or clasp to fasten a garment; specifically, an ornamental pin, clasp, or buckle, and especially a breast-pin, of gold, silver, or other metal, attached to the dress or depending from the neck: in this sense now usually spelled brooch (which see).

noun. A spit.

noun. An awl; a bodkin; also, a wooden rod or pin, sharpened at each end, used by thatchers.

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noun. 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.

noun. 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.