单词 | abroach |
释义 | † abroachv. Obsolete. transitive. To pierce or broach (a container, esp. a cask of liquor) so as to let the contents flow out; to release (liquor) from a container in this way. Also figurative: to give vent or utterance to. ΘΚΠ society > communication > expression > [verb (transitive)] abroachc1400 figure1475 express1549 unload1561 vent1602 speaka1616 extrinsicate1645 to set out1684 ventilate1823 exhibit1849 register1901 society > communication > information > publishing or spreading abroad > publish or spread abroad [verb (transitive)] sowc888 blowc1275 dispeple1297 to do abroadc1300 fame1303 publyc1350 defamea1382 publisha1382 open?1387 proclaima1393 slandera1400 spreada1400 abroachc1400 throwc1400 to give outa1425 promote?a1425 noisec1425 publicc1430 noisec1440 divulgea1464 to put outc1475 skail1487 to come out witha1500 bruit1525 bruita1529 to bear out1530 divulgate1530 promulgate1530 propale?1530 ventilate1530 provulgate1535 sparple1536 sparse1536 promulge1539 disperse1548 publicate1548 forthtell1549 hurly-burly?1550 propagate1554 to set abroada1555 utter1561 to set forth1567 blaze1570 evulgate1570 scatter1576 rear?1577 to carry about1585 pervulgate1586 celebrate?1596 propalate1598 vent1602 evulge1611 to give forth1611 impublic1628 ventilate1637 disseminate1643 expose1644 emit1650 to put about1664 to send abroad1681 to get abroad1688 to take out1697 advertise1710 forward1713 to set abouta1715 circulate1780 broadcast1829 vent1832 vulgate1851 debit1879 float1883 the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > open [verb (transitive)] > open to use or a source > broach (a cask, etc.) to set abroach1390 attame1393 abroachc1400 tame?a1412 broachc1440 to set a (on) broachc1440 strikea1616 tap1694 peg1721 spile1832 c1400 (?c1380) Pearl 1123 (MED) Þen glory & gle watz nwe abroched. c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Wife of Bath's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) Prol. l. 177 Thanne maystow chese wheither þt thow wolt sippe Of thilke tonne that I shal abroche. c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. 66 (MED) Þus sche to hem þat hir tonne aproche, After soter þe bitter gan abroche. c1460 (a1449) J. Lydgate Fabula Duorum Mercatorum (Harl.) 466 in Minor Poems (1934) ii. 501 (MED) His freend to hym abrochyd hath the tonne Of freendly triacle. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 425/2 I abroche, I set abroche a vessell, Je broche..Abroche our wyne of Beaune. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2020). abroachadv. Now rare (chiefly archaic and literary in later use). 1. a. In or into a broached or pierced condition, so as to let liquid flow out; (of liquid) flowing freely, as from a broached cask. Chiefly in to set abroach (see to set abroach 1 at set v.1 Phrasal verbs 2). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > [adverb] > broached cask abroacha1393 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) v. 1677 (MED) Riht as who sette a tonne abroche, He percede the harde roche. c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) iv. 2464 (MED) With his swerd for to sette a-broche, With-oute rouþe, þe Grekis hatful blood. a1475 J. Russell Bk. Nurture (Harl. 4011) in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 121 When þow settyst a pipe abroche..With tarrere or gymlet perce ye vpward þe pipe ashore. a1525 Coventry Leet Bk. 24 That thei set no maner of wyne abrooche till the maiour haue seen hit. 1594 H. Plat Diuers Chimicall Concl. Distillation 15 in Jewell House There is none [of the vats of wine] worth the tasting, but that onlie which is abroach. 1665 R. Head Eng. Rogue I. i. 79 I have something here shall tame thy insolence, and now I am resolved to set thy blood abroach. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 209 The Jarrs of gen'rous Wine..He set abroach, and for the Feast prepar'd. ?1705 Vintner's Mystery Display'd 26 They observe to set such newly-recovered Wines abroach the very next Day after they are fined. 1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle II. lxxi. 268 There was a butt of strong beer abroach in the yard. 1789 Abridgm. Minutes Evid. Comm. Slave-Trade (House of Commons) 25 He had always water abroach for the seamen. a1821 J. Keats Extracts from Opera in Life, Lett. & Literary Remains (1848) II. 265 When the barrel's set abroach, Huzza, &c. 1876 J. Grant One of Six Hundred lii. 436 And a rare cooper of old port Davie Binns shall set abroach. b. figurative and in figurative contexts. ΚΠ 1533 T. More Debellacyon Salem & Bizance i. v. f. xxix They [sc. the new brotherhood] be a barell of poysen, that the deuyll hath late sette abroche. 1567 G. Fenton tr. M. Bandello Certaine Tragicall Disc. (1898) I. 56 Encountringe so conveniente an occasion to sette abroach the vessell of his burninge desier. 1633 G. Herbert Temple: Sacred Poems 15 That juice, which on the crosse a pike Did set again abroach. 1684 C. Ellis Right Found. Quietness 74 When the humour is once set abroach, it runs everlastingly. a1729 E. Taylor Metrical Hist. Christianity (1962) 16 Ebion, who of another sise Doth set abroach his Hogshead too of lies. 1796 G. Colman Iron Chest (ed. 2) iii. ii. 91 Better compassion should be set abroach, 'Till it run waste, then let a system-monger Bung it with Logick. 1908 J. Davidson Mammon & his Message i. iii. 23 Amassed maturity that clogs the mind Is sin essential: set your life abroach. 1940 E. Blunden Poems 1930–40 225 The rhymer sets his Moselwein abroach. 2. At large, abroad; into the public sphere, so as to be widely known or talked about; (also) afoot, astir. Chiefly in to set abroach (see to set abroach 2 at set v.1 Phrasal verbs 2). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > [adverb] > in action or operation aboutc1325 afoot?1585 abroach1611 on1830 c1475 Mankind (1969) 579 (MED) Ther xall be sett abroche a clerycall mater. 1529 T. More Dyaloge Dyuers Maters iv. xvii. f. cxxiv/1 Ascrybing all oure dedis to destenye..they..set al wrechednes a broche. 1575 T. Newton tr. C. A. Curione Notable Hist. Saracens ii. sig. Aa ij In Africa a newe Prophet..whose name was Elmahelis..set abroch certayne quaynte fashions about Religion. 1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet i. i. 101 Who set this auncient quarrel first abroach ? View more context for this quotation 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. xxiii. 818/1 These stirres thus abroach, the Earle..was sent into those parts. 1638 Bp. J. Wilkins Discov. New World (1684) ii. 2 Let but some upstart Heresie be set abroach. 1696 M. Pix Spanish Wives ii. vi. 25 What! Fire, Murder, and Treason all abroach at once!—a horrible Plot! 1763 C. Johnstone Reverie (new ed.) I. p. iv He had drunk of his wine, which now began to warm his heart, and set all his secrets abroach. 1835 R. Browning Paracelsus iii. 110 But 'twas not my desire to set abroach Such memories and forebodings. 1876 C. J. Wells Joseph & his Brethren i. iii. 37 When an evil deed is thus abroach, The will predominant the judgment blinds. 1913 Publ. Mod. Lang. Assoc. Amer. 28 App. p. xxi The discussion concerning the nature of true nobility,..which Tyrwhitt credits Boethius with having set abroach in the Middle Ages. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.c1400adv.a1393 |
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