broachn.1
/brəʊtʃ/, U.S. /broʊtʃ/ I. A tapering pointed instrument or thing.† 1. A pointed rod of wood or iron; a lance, spear, bodkin, pricker, skewer, awl, stout pin. Obsolete in general sense exc. dialect.† 3. ? A taper: often mentioned along with torches; but in some cases (e.g. quot. 1504) explained as a spike on which to stick a candle.† 9. A surveyor's arrow used with the chain. Obsolete. † 12. ‘A musical instrument, the sounds of which are made by turning round a handle’ (Bailey 1730–6). Obsolete.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > piercing or boring tools > [noun] > for piercing or pricking
broachc1305
puncheonc1425
prickera1500
prong1591
prog1615
prick punch1678
c1305 Disp. Mary & Cross 55 in Leg. Rood 135 A Broche þorw-out his brest born.
1448 MS. R. Glouc. Gloss. 628 A broche of brennyng fure was putte þurghe an horne, that was putt in his fondement in to K. Edward Seconds body.
1480 W. Caxton Chron. Eng. clv. 137 He prykked the tode thurgh with a broche.
1548 W. Thomas Rules Ital. Gram. in Promptorium Parvulorum 52 Stocco, an armyng swoorde made like a broche.
1658 R. White tr. K. Digby Late Disc. Cure Wounds (1660) 127 Make red-hot a broach or fire-shovel.
1674 J. Ray N. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 8 Broach..signifies also a Butchers-prick.
2.
a. esp. Such a pointed instrument used for roasting meat upon; a spit.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > cooking vessel or pot > [noun] > spit
spitc1000
broach?a1400
obelisk1634
broacher1700
?a1400 Morte Arth. 1029 Thre balefulle birdez his brochez þey turne.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 52 Broche or spete, veru.
a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sloane) (1862) 16 Do opon a broche, rost hom bydene A lytel.
1598 R. Barckley Disc. Felicitie of Man v. 372 Shee..put him vppon the broach, and roasted him.
1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII 36 Hee turned a Broach that had worne a Crowne.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics ii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 87 Entrails shall..drip their Fatness from the Hazle Broach . View more context for this quotation
1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe I. iv. 71 Wild-fowl..brought in upon small wooden spits or broaches.
1872 Ld. Tennyson Gareth & Lynette 31 Set To turn the broach.
b. A spit for spitting herring; a similar instrument used in Candle-making for suspending the wicks for dipping.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > cooking vessel or pot > [noun] > spit > for herring
broachc1440
society > occupation and work > equipment > equipment for making other articles > [noun] > candle-making equipment
candle-mould1566
wax-moulda1679
stick1711
hot closet1798
port1839
broach1875
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 52 Broche for spyrlynge or herynge, spiculum.
1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) I. 680 The dipping room is furnished with..a large wheel for supporting the broaches.
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the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > candle > [noun] > taper
broach1377
gaudy1531
eche1551
taper1653
1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xvii. 244 Hew fyre at a flynte..But thow have towe to take it with, tondre or broches, Al thi laboure is loste.
c1420 Anturs of Arth. xxxv Troches and broches and stondartis bi-twene.
1504 Eng. Gilds (1870) 327 A broche wt a fote. ij new torches.
4. † a. A spindle. Obsolete or Scottish.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture of thread or yarn > [noun] > spinning > spindle
spindlec725
broachc1440
fusoec1710
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 52 Broche of threde, vericulum.
1483 Cath. Angl. 44 A Broche for garn, fusillus.
a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) vii. xiii. 59 Hir womanly handis..Ne spyndill vsit, nor brochis of Mynerve.
1824 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. Broaches, Wooden spindles to put pirns on, to be wound off.
b. A shuttle used in weaving tapestry.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > tapestry weaving > equipment for
flute1728
reed1728
broach1783
1783 Encycl. Brit. X. 8536/1 They serve to keep the warp open for the passage of broaches wound with silks, woollens, or other matters used in the piece of tapestry.
1878 Mrs. Sketchley tr. A. de Champeaux Tapestry 2 The material for the woof is wound on a wooden shuttle, called a ‘broach’ or ‘flute’.
1888 Encycl. Brit. XXIII. 212/1 The design [of tapestry and pile carpets] is formed by short stitches knotted across the warp with a wooden needle called a broach.
5. A piece of tough pliant wood, pointed at each end, used by thatchers for fixing their work.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > [noun] > thatching equipment > pin for fastening down thatch
prayeOE
strabrod1335
broachc1440
thack-broach1573
thatch-prick1688
thack-prick1828
scollop1829
spit1833
stob1837
thack-nail1846
thack-peg1846
thack-pin1846
thatching-stake1879
thatch-hook1886
thatch-peg1897
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 52 Broche for a thacstare, firmaculum.
1787 W. Marshall Rural Econ. Norfolk II. 63 To prevent the wind from blowing it off,..he pegs it down slightly with ‘double broaches’.
1843 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 4 ii. 366 Thatcher for labour, brotches, etc., at 7s. 6d.
1863 J. C. Morton Cycl. Agric. (new ed.) I. Broaches..rods of hazel, etc., split and twisted for use by the thatcher.
6. A church spire; also, formerly, an obelisk. Now technically restricted as in quot. 1867.
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society > faith > artefacts > division of building (general) > tower or steeple > [noun] > spire
shaftc1450
steeple1473
broach1501
spire1596
broach-steeple1600
prang1929
society > faith > artefacts > division of building (general) > tower or steeple > [noun] > spire > types of
broach1501
tabernacle-spire1842
broach-spire1848
flèche1848
society > communication > record > memorial or monument > [noun] > structure or erection > stone > column, pillar, or obelisk
needlea1387
obelisk1561
column1606
guglioc1660
cippus1667
aiguille1686
broach1715
lat1801
nuraghe1828
peulvan1841
shaft1847
1501 in R. C. Dudding First Churchwardens' Bk. of Louth (1941) 11 For trassyng & makyn molds to the brooch.
1665 Presentm. Ministers Durham in J. Cosin Corr. 17 July (1872) II. lvi. 121 The lead and timber of the two great broaches at the west end of the church.
1715 tr. G. Panciroli Hist. Memorable Things Lost I. ii. xiv. 99 Augustus Cæsar brought two of these Broaches or Spires to Rome.
1854 H. Miller Schools & Schoolmasters (1857) xiv. 348 The Masonry a-top that had supported the wooden broach.
1867 W. Papworth Gwilt's Encycl. Archit. (rev. ed.) iii. iii. 959 The most frequent spire is that called a broach when it does not rise from within parapets, but is carried up on four of its sides from the top of the square tower.
7. Hunting. ‘A start of the head of a young stag, growing sharp like the end of a spit’ (Bailey).
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > male > [noun] > body and parts > antler > knob forming beginning or tip of
broach1575
button1575
croche1575
tenderlings1575
bud1593
peg1611
scrotcher1611
seal1611
velvet tip1638
crocket1870
offer1884
nubbin1978
1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie xxi. 52 They beare not their first head which we call broches..vntil they enter the second yere of their age.
1616 J. Bullokar Eng. Expositor Broches, the first head or hornes of a Hart or stagge.
1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. i Pollard, Broach is the next [start] growing aboue the Beame antler.
1677 N. Cox Gentleman's Recreation (ed. 2) i. 69 The first is called Antlier; the second Surantlier:..:The little Buds or Broches about the Top, are called Croches.
1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth III. 113 The stag's..horns are called his head; when simple, the first year, they are called broches.
8. † a. A tusk or canine tooth (obsolete).
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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > head and neck > [noun] > mouth > tooth or tusk
tuska900
tusclec1000
broach1607
crotchet1678
fang1700
ivory1894
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 159 These [shepherds' dogs] ought to be well faced,..a flat chap with two great broches or long straight sharpe teeth.
b. One of the teeth of a carding-comb, in a woollen mill.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > treating or processing textile materials > treating or processing wool > [noun] > combing > machine > parts of
card can1815
broach1837
nipper1852
1837 N. Whittock et al. Compl. Bk. Trades (1842) 483 To place the wool on one of his combs the steel brooches of which are triple.
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the world > the earth > earth sciences > geography > map-making > surveying > [noun] > surveying instruments > chain > arrow used to guide a measuring chain
arrow1600
broach1600
1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique v. i. 653 The measurer must be prouided of ten or twelue arrowes, otherwise called little broches or prickes..to guide the chaine.
10. A general name for tapered boring-bits, or tools for enlarging or smoothing holes, generally of polygonal form with several cutting edges, sometimes round and smooth for burnishing, as in watchmaking; a similar tool used in dentistry; an instrument for broaching or tapping casks. In Lock-making, the pin in a lock which enters the barrel of the key.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > piercing or boring tools > [noun] > tools for enlarging holes
broach1753
reamer1765
rimer?1815
rimmer1825
rinder1829
machine reamer1905
1753 E. Chambers Cycl. Among us, broach is chiefly used for a steel instrument wherewith to open holes in metals.
1786 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 76 28 I took a five-sided broach, which opened the hole in the brass.
1846 W. Johnston tr. J. Beckmann Hist. Invent. (ed. 4) I. 228 A piece of timber..like the handle of a broch.
1859 J. Tomes Syst. Dental Surg. 415 Broaches for destroying and withdrawing the pulp should be very fine, elastic and flexible.
1884 F. J. Britten Watch & Clockmakers' Handbk. (new ed.) 36 A round broach..for burnishing brass holes.
11. A narrow pointed chisel used by masons.
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13. In various other technical senses: see quots.
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1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Broach, a tool or fitting for an Argand gas burner.
1889 Cent. Dict. Broach..14. That part of the stem of a key which projects beyond the bit or web, and enters a socket in the interior of the lock.
II. from the verb.† 15. Phrase. a broach, on broach: with a perforation or tap; esp. to set a (on) broach: to tap and set running; also figurative. (Now written abroach v.) Also in broach.
14. A perforation or boring.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > an opening or aperture > [noun] > a hole bored, pierced, or perforated
hollowc897
borec1320
piercing?c1400
perforation?a1425
broach1519
pertusion1626
ear-piercing1896
1519 W. Horman Vulgaria xxiii. f. 192v That he shulde nat make a broche or do any harme.
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 331 The old horsses haue longer and thinner teeth..and there are certaine broaches or wrinckles in their teeth.
1684 tr. A. O. Exquemelin Bucaniers Amer. iii. 32 Making an incision, or broach in the body, from thence gently distilleth a sort of Liquor.
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the world > existence and causation > causation > initiating or causing to begin > initiate [verb (transitive)]
beginc1175
baptizec1384
to set a (on) broachc1440
open1471
to set abroachc1475
entame1477
to set afloat1559
initiate1604
first1607
principiate1613
to set afoot or on foot1615
unclap1621
inchoatea1631
flush1633
to set on1638
principatec1650
rudiment1654
auspicate1660
embryonate1666
to strike up1711
start1723
institutea1797
float1833
spark1912
the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > open [phrase] > pierced so as to be opened
on broachc1440
in broach1826
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
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 52/2 Brochyn or settyn a vesselle abroche, attamino.
1508 Bk. Keruynge (de Worde) sig. A.ii Whan ye sette a pype on broche do thus.
1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 355/2 I see..heresyes so sore sette a broche in some vnhappy heartes.
1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 172/1 Wee haue in part set this matter on broch.
1606 True Relation Proc. at Arraignm. Late Traitors sig. Gg2 When it [this doctrine] was first set on broach.
1826 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey I. ii. xii. 169 As fine a barrel of ale in broach as you ever tasted.
Compounds
C1. General attributive.
a.
broach-river n.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > makers of other articles > [noun] > of tools > of specific tools or equipment
card maker1345
last-maker1395
anvilsmith1747
plane-maker1757
mark-maker1797
jack maker1858
toother?1881
broach-river1924
1924 Census 1921: Classif. Industries §499 Broach river [1927 Dict. Occup. Terms ‘rives timber with a cleaver, and shapes the pieces of timber with a hand knife to form broaches, i.e.pointed implements used in thatching’].
b.
broach-splitting n.
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society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or providing with specific parts > [noun] > roofing > thatching > processes involved in
yelming1581
sparkling1787
broach-splitting1899
1899 H. R. Haggard in Longman's Mag. Mar. 410 I found..Rough Jimmy..employed in splitting broaches to be used for thatching stacks. This is the process of broach-splitting.
c. (In sense 6.)
broach-spire n.
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society > faith > artefacts > division of building (general) > tower or steeple > [noun] > spire > types of
broach1501
tabernacle-spire1842
broach-spire1848
flèche1848
1848 J. H. Parker Rickman's Styles Archit. Eng. (ed. 5) 154 The broach-spires of Northamptonshire.
broach-steeple n.
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society > faith > artefacts > division of building (general) > tower or steeple > [noun] > spire
shaftc1450
steeple1473
broach1501
spire1596
broach-steeple1600
prang1929
1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique iii. lxi. 573 A head of brasse, made after the fashion of a broch steeple.
C2.
broach-turner n. a turn-spit.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > cooking > cook > [noun] > toaster > turnspit
hastler1440
broach-turner1532
turnbroach1548
turnspit1607
1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 549/1 The broche turner..may let the spitte stande.
1872 Ld. Tennyson Gareth & Lynette 48 Dish-washer and broach-turner, loon!
broach-wood n. wood suitable for making broaches or spits.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > [noun] > wood for other specific uses
mazera1200
waywoodware1334
piling1422
tenter-timber1562
pinwood1580
mazer wood1594
stop-rice1653
pudlay1679
puncheon1686
veneer1702
pit-wood1715
broach-wood1835
chipwood1838
matchwood1838
fretwood1881
pulpwood1881
coffin-wood1883
bur1885
spool-wood1895
1835 F. Marryat Japhet in Metrop. Mag. Jan. 4 We were cutting hazel broach wood in the forest.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
broachn.2
/brəʊtʃ/, U.S. /broʊtʃ/ A Surat cotton grown in the Broach district in India.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > cotton > [noun] > other
broach1617
sea-island1803
Sakellaridis1912
1617 R. Cocks Diary (1883) I. 330 We gave our host..a peece of backar baroche to his children to make them 2 coates.
1877 Encycl. Brit. VI. 482/2 The principal sorts [of Surats] are Hingunghât, Oomrawuttee, Broach, Dhollera, and Dharwar.
1959 Chambers's Encycl. II. 587/1 Raw ‘Broach’ cotton.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
broachadj.
rare.
Like a broach or spit; in Architecture broach-shaped.
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society > faith > artefacts > division of building (general) > tower or steeple > [adjective] > spire
broach1849
1721 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict.
1849 E. A. Freeman Hist. Archit. 384 Instead of being broach, they began to spring out of the middle of the tower.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
broachv.1
/brəʊtʃ/, U.S. /broʊtʃ/ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > injure [verb (transitive)] > wound > wound with sharp weapon
woundc760
stickOE
snese?c1225
stokea1300
steekc1300
bearc1330
stangc1340
chop1362
broach1377
foinc1380
strikec1390
borea1400
dag?a1400
gorea1400
gridea1400
staira1400
through-girdc1405
thrustc1410
runc1425
to run throughc1425
traversec1425
spitc1430
through-seeka1500
stitch1527
falchiona1529
stab1530
to stab (a person) in1530
stob?1530
rutc1540
rove?c1550
push1551
foxa1566
stoga1572
poniard1593
dirk1599
bestab1600
poach1602
stiletto1613
stocka1640
inrun1653
stoccado1677
dagger1694
whip1699
bayonetc1700
tomahawk1711
stug1722
chiv1725
kittle1786
sabre1790
halberd1825
jab1825
skewer1837
sword1863
poke1866
spear1869
whinger1892
pig-stick1902
shiv1926
society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > cut of sharp weapon > cut or penetrate (of weapon) [verb (transitive)] > strike with pointed weapon
prickOE
pritchOE
snese?c1225
threstc1275
stokea1300
bearc1330
stangc1340
broach1377
foinc1380
borea1400
dag?a1400
gorea1400
gridea1400
slot?a1400
staira1400
through-girdc1405
thrustc1410
runc1425
to run throughc1425
traversec1425
spitc1430
through-seeka1500
to run in1509
stab1530
to stab (a person) in1530
accloy1543
push1551
stoga1572
poacha1616
stocka1640
stoccado1677
stug1722
kittle1820
skewer1837
pitchfork1854
poke1866
chib1973
1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. v. 212 To broche hem with a [pak-] nedle.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 9539 He was brochit þurgh the body with a big speire.
1557 Malory's Story Noble & Worthy Kynge Arthur (Copland) i. xvi He broched ye hors of kynge Ban through and through.
1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis ii. 29 His feet..with raynes of bridil ybroached.
1599 Warning for Faire Women ii. 130 With the piercing steel Ready to broach his bosom.
1631 W. Gouge Gods Three Arrowes iii. §95. 364 Edward 2..was cruelly broached to death with an hot iron spit.
a. To prick with spurs; to spur. Obsolete.
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society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > ride a horse (or other animal) [verb (intransitive)] > use spurs
prickc1300
broach1330
jug1377
rowel1599
society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > ride (a horse or other animal) [verb (transitive)] > urge on > spur
prickc1250
spurc1275
broach1330
prochea1425
strike1487
punye1488
chargea1500
spura1500
dig1530
to put (also set) (the) spurs to1553
spur1582
spura1644
rowel1765
1330 R. Mannyng Chron. 277 Þer stedes broched þei fast.
c1420 Anturs of Arth. xxxix.
1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 20 Which broched their horses with their spores.
a1533 Ld. Berners tr. Arthur of Brytayn (?1560) xxv. sig. Diiv The capytayne of theym broched his horse agenst Arthur.
1553 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Eneados vi. xv. 82 Wyth spurris brocheand the fomy stedis sydis.
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the mind > will > motivation > have motive [verb (intransitive)] > incite or instigate
spura1225
broachc1380
serve1594
exstimulate1603
urge1645
prompt1830
sool1898
compel1903
c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 3657 Clarioun..Comeþ by-fore faste brochyng, On ys stede of Araby.
1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) ii. 63 The frenshemen, brochyng with ye spore as fast as theyr horses might renne.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 10033 Troiell..brochit in bremely his brother to venge.
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society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > ride (a horse or other animal) [verb (transitive)] > urge on > spur > broach (spurs) to
broach1523
1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. 632 They broched their spurres to their horses, and so retourned to Andwarpe.
a. To transfix (meat) with a spit which may hold it while roasting; to spit. Obsolete.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > preparation of meat > dress animals for food [verb (transitive)] > skewer
broacha1475
embrochea1475
skewer1701
a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sloane) (1862) 26 Hit broch þou shalle, Þen do hit to fyre and rost hit alle.
1483 Cath. Angl. 44 To Broche, verudare.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 471/1 Whan you have broched the meate, lette the boye tourne.
1623 tr. A. Favyn Theater of Honour & Knight-hood v. i. 49 Broching it, and then turning it at the fire himselfe.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > making holes or becoming holed > make (an opening or hole) [verb (transitive)] > make an opening or hole in or into > bore, pierce, or perforate > with something sharp-pointed > transfix
through-driveOE
through-nimc1275
stickc1330
through-piercec1330
to stick througha1382
preenc1390
spitc1430
thirlc1450
broacha1470
prickc1475
to stick up1528
transfix1590
fix1638
bestick1667
impalea1678
spiculate1835
skewer1837
to strike through1893
a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) I. 202 Three damesels turned three brochis, and thereon was twelve chyldir but late borne, and they were broched in maner lyke birdis.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) v. 0. 32 Bringing Rebellion broached on his Sword. View more context for this quotation
1655 Theophania 172 Percianus..walks as if he were broached upon a stake.
1704 Dict. Rusticum at Beating of Hemp Broaching them, or spitting them upon long sticks.
4.
a. To pierce (a cask, etc.) so as to draw the liquor; to tap.
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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
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 52 Brochyn or settyn a vesselle broche, attamino.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 471/1 I broche a wyne vessel, je perce.
1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin i. 39 It is too daungerous to broach a vessell of poyson.
1660 S. Pepys Diary 13 Apr. (1970) I. 107 We broached a vessel of ale that we had sent among us four.
1707 G. Farquhar Beaux Stratagem i. 2 Here, Tapster, broach Number 1706.
1860 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. VIII. xliii. 55 A pipe of wine was broached.
b. Also with the liquor as object.
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the world > matter > liquid > action or process of extracting > extract liquid [verb (transitive)]
draw1379
to draw off1594
tap1598
broach1649
the world > food and drink > drink > providing or serving drink > [verb (transitive)] > take from cask or cellar
run1554
uncellar1611
discask1615
broach1649
spile1772
ullage1881
pull1910
1649 R. Baxter Saints Everlasting Rest (1650) i. v. 45 For you, Christians, is this food prepared, this wine broached.
1713 W. Ellis London & Country Brewer (1742) i. 80 Time for broaching such Beer.
1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake I. iii. 94 French wine which had just been..broached.
c. figurative, and of a vein, blood.
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society > communication > manifestation > offering for inspection or consideration > offer for inspection or consideration [verb (transitive)]
i-taechec888
to lay … beforec1000
showlOE
givec1175
to lay outc1440
produce1459
propose1548
cite1549
product1563
broach1573
offer1583
to hold up1604
to bring in1608
project1611
to bring ona1715
to trot out1838
to bring up1868
muster1904
the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > injure [verb (transitive)] > wound > draw or drain of blood
yeteOE
spilla1125
shed?c1225
outbleedc1475
dispill1522
sow1535
broach1573
exsanguinate1849
the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > bloodletting > let blood of [verb (transitive)] > by venesection > cut a vein
strike1580
ventilate1706
broach1817
1573 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 9 So cunning..to bru, and so reddi to broche debate.
1575 W. Stevenson Gammer Gurtons Nedle ii. iii. sig. Ci Ye see..one end tapt of this my short deuise Now must we broche thoter to.
1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. ii. 109 Bloud was ready to be broached.
1817 J. Gilchrist Intell. Patrimony 157 He could wrench out a tooth, broach a vein, splice a bone.
1871 R. Browning Prince Hohenstiel-Schwangau 128 For one cause: one way, I bid broach the blood O' the world.
5. transferred and figurative. To pierce or break into, in order to liberate or extract something; to ‘tap’ (a bed of coal or other mineral).
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society > occupation and work > industry > mining > mine [verb (transitive)]
minea1398
win1447
to work out1545
broach1582
labour1897
the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > open [verb (transitive)] > open to use or a source
tap1575
broach1582
tame1642
to break out1840
1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 3 Wyth poyncted flatchet thee mountan he broached.
1592 R. Greene Disput. Conny-catcher Ep. sig. A2 I haue broacht vp the secretes of vice.
1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine iii. 371 A Countrey..where God broached a rich vein of gold for this particular purpose.
1839 R. I. Murchison Silurian Syst. i. xxxv. 470 The uppermost coal bed..was termed the ‘broachcoal,’ as being the index by which the rich field was broached or tapped.
1847 H. Miller First Impressions Eng. x. 167 The Dudley coal field seems to have been broached just in time.
6. To give vent or publicity to; to give out; to begin conversation or discussion about, introduce, moot. (The chief current sense.)
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the mind > mental capacity > belief > suggestion, proposal > suggest [verb (transitive)] > for consideration
puta1350
purposea1382
propone1402
motion1505
exhibit1529
propound?1531
prefer1539
raise1566
to put forward1569
broach1579
start1579
offer1583
propose1614
first1628
to put it to a person1664
moot1685
suppose1771
pose1862
to put up1901
the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > putting forward for discussion > put forward [verb (transitive)]
laya1387
proposea1398
stirc1400
move1452
propound?1531
broach1579
start1579
moot1685
to set up1697
argument1747
1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 49/1 To broch a newe and straunge doctrine.
1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie Pref. 26 To broach my priuate conceipt..I should be loth.
1614 T. Adams Diuells Banket ii. 52 Euery Nouelist..must broach new opinions.
1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 457. ¶2 Last Friday's Letter, in which I broached my Project of a News Paper.
1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 317 (note) He [Dr. Franklin] broached the idea of the American Philosophical Society.
1860 J. L. Motley Hist. Netherlands (1868) II. xiv. 203 Failing in that we broached the third point.
7. technical. To pick, indent, or furrow the surface of stone with a narrow-pointed stone-chisel called a broach, or puncheon. (The kind of work produced varies in different localities.)
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society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or constructing with stone > build or construct with stone [verb (transitive)] > dress stone
scapple1443
dress1501
broach1544
scabble1620
scalp1725
bed1793
rough-dress1807
hammer-dress1837
scapple-dress1840
scutch1848
1544 Chapel Roll in J. H. Parker Gloss. Terms Archit. (1845) I. 74 In hewinge, brochinge, and scaplyn of stone for the chapell.
1703 R. Thoresby Let. 27 Apr. in J. Ray Corr. (1848) 420 To Broych, or broach, as masons an atchler, when, with the small point of their axe, they make it full of little pits, or small holes.
1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. To broach, to rough-hew.
1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. Gloss. 967 at Drove The face of the stone should be previously droved, and then broached.
8. To enlarge and finish (a drilled hole) with a ‘broach’ or boring-bit. Also with adverb out.
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society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > work with metal [verb (transitive)] > machine
turn?c1335
mill1677
to rough down1829
broach1846
spin1853
plane1875
straddle mill1898
profile1905
jig-bore1939
spark-erode1960
society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > constructing or working with wood > build or construct with wood [verb (transitive)] > other processes
makec1450
rough-hew1530
rip1532
stick1573
list1635
frame1663
fur1679
beard1711
cord1762
butt1771
drill1785
joint1815
rend1825
broach1846
ross1853
flitch1875
bore1887
stress-grade1955
1846 C. Holtzapffel Turning & Mech. Manip. II. 572 Flutes and clarionets are first perforated with the nose-bit, and then broached with taper holes.
1879 J. J. Holtzapffel Turning & Mech. Manip. IV. 363 The work being removed from the chuck, the hole is broached out to size.
1889 P. N. Hasluck Model Engineer's Handybk. viii. 91 The hole in cross-head for piston-rod will have to be broached out.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
broachv.2
/brəʊtʃ/, U.S. /broʊtʃ/ Nautical.
1. intransitive in phrase, to broach to (said of the ship): to veer suddenly so as to turn the side to windward, or to meet the sea.
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society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > avail oneself of a wind [verb (intransitive)] > veer suddenly to windward
to broach to1699
1699 W. Dampier Voy. & Descr. iii. i. 6 If the Ship..should prove unruly, as..by her broaching too against all endeavours, which often happens when a fierce gust comes.
1764 W. Falconer Shipwreck (new ed.) ii. 639 If broaching sideward to the wave, sea-log'd, she sinks us in a liquid grave.
1800 A. Duncan Mariner's Chron. (1804) II. 77 She lost her steerage way, broached-to, and upset, the sea rolling over and over.
1829 F. Marryat Naval Officer I. v. 159 The vessel..broached to, that is, came with her broadside to the wind and sea.
1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxxii. 126 They hove the wheel up just in time to save her from broaching to.
2. transitive. To cause (the ship) to veer or swerve to windward, to bring with her broadside to the wind and sea.
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society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > get into the current of the wind [verb (transitive)] > cause to swerve suddenly to windward
broach1762
1762 W. Falconer Shipwreck ii. 34 Broach the vessel to the westward round.
1874 F. G. D. Bedford Sailor's Pocket Bk. vi. 185 It too often happens that some of the men catch crabs with their oars, and broach the boat to.
Derivatives
ˈbroaching-to n.
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society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > [noun] > beating against the wind > veering suddenly to windward
broaching-to1769
1769 W. Falconer Shipwreck (ed. 3) iii. 122 They dread her broaching-to.
1874 F. G. D. Bedford Sailor's Pocket Bk. vi. 174 The one great danger, when running before a broken sea, is that of broaching-to.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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