BROACH

noun a spire rising from a tower.

2. broach ·noun a spit.

3. broach ·noun to cause to begin or break out.

4. broach ·noun a broad chisel for stonecutting.

5. broach ·noun to open for the first time, as stores.

6. broach ·noun a spitlike start, on the head of a young stag.

7. broach ·noun to enlarge or dress (a hole), by using a broach.

8. broach ·noun the pin in a lock which enters the barrel of the key.

9. broach ·noun to spit; to pierce as with a spit.

10. broach ·noun the stick from which candle wicks are suspended for dipping.

11. broach ·noun a clasp for fastening a garment. ·see brooch.

12. broach ·noun to shape roughly, as a block of stone, by chiseling with a coarse tool.

13. broach ·noun an awl; a bodkin; also, a wooden rod or pin, sharpened at each end, used by thatchers.

14. broach ·noun to tap; to pierce, as a cask, in order to draw the liquor. hence: to let out; to shed, as blood.

15. 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.