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