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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.
of Broach
A spit; a broach.
One who broaches, opens, or utters; a first publisher or promoter.
of Broach
The broad part of anything; as, the broad of an oar.
A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders.
The spread of a river into a sheet of water; a flooded fen.
Strongly marked; as, a broad Scotch accent.
Cross; coarse; indelicate; as, a broad compliment; a broad joke; broad humor.
Characterized by breadth. See Breadth.
Free; unrestrained; unconfined.
Wide; extend in breadth, or from side to side; -- opposed to narrow; as, a broad street, a broad table; an inch broad.
Extending far and wide; extensive; vast; as, the broad expanse of ocean.
Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged.