Broach

·noun A spire rising from a tower.

II. Broach ·noun A Spit.

III. Broach ·noun To cause to begin or break out.

IV. Broach ·noun A broad chisel for stonecutting.

V. Broach ·noun To open for the first time, as stores.

VI. Broach ·noun A spitlike start, on the head of a young stag.

VII. Broach ·noun To enlarge or dress (a hole), by using a broach.

VIII. Broach ·noun The pin in a lock which enters the barrel of the key.

IX. Broach ·noun To Spit; to pierce as with a spit.

X. Broach ·noun The stick from which candle wicks are suspended for dipping.

XI. Broach ·noun A clasp for fastening a garment. ·see Brooch.

XII. Broach ·noun To shape roughly, as a block of stone, by chiseling with a coarse tool.

XIII. Broach ·noun An awl; a bodkin; also, a wooden rod or pin, sharpened at each end, used by thatchers.

XIV. Broach ·noun To Tap; to pierce, as a cask, in order to draw the liquor. Hence: To let out; to shed, as blood.

XV. Broach ·noun To make public; to Utter; to publish first; to put forth; to introduce as a topic of conversation.

XVI. Broach ·noun 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.

XVII. Broach ·noun 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.