Broach(n.) A spit.
Broach(n.) An awl; a bodkin; also, a wooden rod or pin, sharpened at each end, used by thatchers.
Broach(n.) 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.
Broach(n.) 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.
Broach(n.) A broad chisel for stonecutting.
Broach(n.) A spire rising from a tower.
Broach(n.) A clasp for fastening a garment. See Brooch.
Broach(n.) A spitlike start, on the head of a young stag.
Broach(n.) The stick from which candle wicks are suspended for dipping.
Broach(n.) The pin in a lock which enters the barrel of the key.
Broach(n.) To spit; to pierce as with a spit.
Broach(n.) To tap; to pierce, as a cask, in order to draw the liquor. Hence: To let out; to shed, as blood.
Broach(n.) To open for the first time, as stores.
Broach(n.) To make public; to utter; to publish first; to put forth; to introduce as a topic of conversation.
Broach(n.) To cause to begin or break out.
Broach(n.) To shape roughly, as a block of stone, by chiseling with a coarse tool.
Broach(n.) To enlarge or dress (a hole), by using a broach.
Broached(imp. & p. p.) of Broach
Broaching(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Broach
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