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a⋅broach

  [uh-brohch]
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–adverb, adjective
1. opened or tapped so that the contents can flow out; broached: The cask was set abroach.
2. astir; in circulation.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME abroche. See a- 1 , broach
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a·broach   (ə-brōch')   
adj.  
  1. Opened or positioned so that a liquid, such as wine, can be let out.
  2. In a state of action; astir.

[Middle English abroche : a-, on, in; see a-2 + broche, a pointed object, spigot; see broach1.]
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Abroach

A*broach"\, v. t. [OE. abrochen, OF. abrochier. See Broach.] To set abroach; to let out, as liquor; to broach; to tap. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

Abroach

A*broach"\, adv. [Pref. a- + broach.]

1. Broached; in a condition for letting out or yielding liquor, as a cask which is tapped.

Hogsheads of ale were set abroach. --Sir W. Scott.

2. Hence: In a state to be diffused or propagated; afoot; astir. "Mischiefs that I set abroach." --Shak.
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