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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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