BROACH
\bɹˈə͡ʊt͡ʃ], \bɹˈəʊtʃ], \b_ɹ_ˈəʊ_tʃ]\
Definitions of BROACH
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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An awl; a bodkin; also, a wooden rod or pin, sharpened at each end, used by thatchers.
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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.
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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.
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A broad chisel for stonecutting.
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A spire rising from a tower.
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A clasp for fastening a garment. See Brooch.
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A spitlike start, on the head of a young stag.
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The stick from which candle wicks are suspended for dipping.
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The pin in a lock which enters the barrel of the key.
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To spit; to pierce as with a spit.
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To tap; to pierce, as a cask, in order to draw the liquor. Hence: To let out; to shed, as blood.
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To open for the first time, as stores.
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To make public; to utter; to publish first; to put forth; to introduce as a topic of conversation.
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To cause to begin or break out.
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To shape roughly, as a block of stone, by chiseling with a coarse tool.
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To enlarge or dress (a hole), by using a broach.
By Oddity Software
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An awl; a bodkin; also, a wooden rod or pin, sharpened at each end, used by thatchers.
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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.
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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.
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A broad chisel for stonecutting.
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A spire rising from a tower.
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A clasp for fastening a garment. See Brooch.
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A spitlike start, on the head of a young stag.
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The stick from which candle wicks are suspended for dipping.
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The pin in a lock which enters the barrel of the key.
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To spit; to pierce as with a spit.
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To tap; to pierce, as a cask, in order to draw the liquor. Hence: To let out; to shed, as blood.
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To open for the first time, as stores.
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To make public; to utter; to publish first; to put forth; to introduce as a topic of conversation.
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To cause to begin or break out.
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To shape roughly, as a block of stone, by chiseling with a coarse tool.
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To enlarge or dress (a hole), by using a broach.
By Noah Webster.
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A spike; a skewer; any boring tool; a stonecutter's chisel.
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To tap or pierce, as a keg of wine; to begin a discussion about; as, it is difficult to broach an unpleasant subject.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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