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broach

  [brohch]
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–noun
1. Machinery. an elongated, tapered, serrated cutting tool for shaping and enlarging holes.
2. a spit for roasting meat.
3. a gimlet for tapping casks.
4. (in a lock) a pin receiving the barrel of a key.
5. Also, broach spire. Architecture. an octagonal spire rising directly from a tower without any intervening feature.
6. Masonry. a pointed tool for the rough dressing of stone.
7. brooch.
–verb (used with object)
8. to enlarge and finish with a broach.
9. to mention or suggest for the first time: to broach a subject.
10. to draw (beer, liquor, etc.), as by tapping: to broach beer from a keg.
11. to tap or pierce.
12. Masonry. to shape or dress (a block of stone).
–verb (used without object)
13. Nautical. (of a sailing vessel) to veer to windward.
14. to break the surface of water; rise from the sea, as a fish or a submarine.
Origin:
1175–1225; (n.) ME broche < AF, OF < VL *brocca spike, horn, tap of a cask (ML broca), n. use of fem. of L adj. brocc(h)us projecting (said of teeth); (v.) ME brochen < OF broch(i)er, deriv. of the n.

Related forms:
broacher, noun

Synonyms:
8. introduce, propose, bring up, submit, advance.
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brooch

  [brohch, brooch]
–noun
a clasp or ornament having a pin at the back for passing through the clothing and a catch for securing the point of the pin.
Also, broach.

Origin:
1175–1225; ME broche broach, differentiated in sp. since ca. 1600
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broach 1   (brōch)   
tr.v.   broached, broach·ing, broach·es
    1. To bring up (a subject) for discussion or debate.
    2. To announce: We broached our plans for the new year.
  2. To pierce in order to draw off liquid: broach a keg of beer.
  3. To draw off (a liquid) by piercing a hole in a cask or other container.
  4. To shape or enlarge (a hole) with a tapered, serrated tool.
n.  
    1. A tapered, serrated tool used to shape or enlarge a hole.
    2. The hole made by such a tool.
  2. A spit for roasting meat.
  3. A mason's narrow chisel.
  4. A gimlet for tapping or broaching casks.
  5. Variant of brooch.

[Middle English brochen, to pierce, probably from broche, pointed weapon or implement, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *brocca, from Latin broccus, projecting.]
broach'er n.
Synonyms: These verbs mean to bring forward a point, topic, or question for consideration or discussion: broach the subject tactfully; introduce a tax bill before the legislature; an idea that was mooted before the committee; raised the problem of dropouts with the faculty.
broach 2   (brōch)   
intr. & tr.v.   broached, broach·ing, broach·es Nautical
To veer or cause to veer broadside to the wind and waves: tried to keep the boat from broaching to.

[Probably from broach1.]
brooch   (brōch, brōōch)   
n.  A relatively large decorative pin or clasp.

[Middle English broche, pointed tool, brooch, pin; see broach1.]
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Broach

Broach\, n. [OE. broche, F. broche, fr. LL. brocca; prob. of Celtic origin; cf. W. proc thrust, stab, Gael. brog awl. Cf. Brooch.]

1. A spit. [Obs.]

He turned a broach that had worn a crown. --Bacon.

2. An awl; a bodkin; also, a wooden rod or pin, sharpened at each end, used by thatchers. [Prov. Eng.] --Forby.

3. (Mech.) (a) 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. (b) 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.

4. (Masonry) A broad chisel for stonecutting.

5. (Arch.) A spire rising from a tower. [Local, Eng.]

6. A clasp for fastening a garment. See Brooch.

7. A spitlike start, on the head of a young stag.

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

9. The pin in a lock which enters the barrel of the key.

Broach

Broach\, 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.

I'll broach the tadpole on my rapier's point. --Shak.

2. To tap; to pierce, as a cask, in order to draw the liquor. Hence: To let out; to shed, as blood.

Whereat with blade, with bloody blameful blade, He bravely broached his boiling bloody breast. --Shak.

3. To open for the first time, as stores.

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.

4. To make public; to utter; to publish first; to put forth; to introduce as a topic of conversation.

Those very opinions themselves had broached. --Swift.

5. To cause to begin or break out. [Obs.] --Shak.

6. (Masonry) To shape roughly, as a block of stone, by chiseling with a coarse tool. [Scot. & North of Eng.]

7. To enlarge or dress (a hole), by using a broach.

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.
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broach  (n.)
"pointed instrument," c.1305, from O.Fr. broche "spit for roasting, awl," from V.L. *brocca "pointed tool," orig. fem. of L. adj. broccus "projecting, pointed" (used especially of teeth), perhaps of Gaulish origin (cf. Gaelic brog "awl").

broach  (v.)
"begin to talk about," 1579, from figurative use of the lit. meaning "to pierce" (1330), with suggestions of "broaching" a cask and spurring into action (cf. O.Fr. brochier "to spur"); from the same source as broach (n.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: 1broach
Pronunciation: 'brOch
Function: noun
: a fine tapered flexible instrument used in dentistry in removing the dental pulp and indressing a root canal

Main Entry: 2broach
Function: transitive verb
: to open (a vein) to draw blood
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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broach (brōch)
n.
A dental instrument for removing the pulp of a tooth or exploring its canal.

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