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abroach

verb
/əˈbɹoʊt͡ʃ/US

Etymology

From Middle English abroche, from Norman, from Old French abroche (“to spigot”). Equivalent to a- + broach.

  1. derived from abroche
  2. inherited from abroche

Definitions

  1. To set abroach

    To set abroach; to let out, as liquor; to broach; to tap.

    • on the crosse a pike / Did set again abroach

  2. Broached

    Broached; in a condition for letting out or yielding liquor, as a cask which is tapped.

    • […] hogsheads of ale were set abroach, to be drained at the freedom of all comers.

  3. In a state to be diffused or propagated.

    • I doe the wrong, and first began to braule / The secret mischiefes that I set abroach, / I lay vnto the grieuous charge of others: […]
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. Tapped

      Tapped; broached.

    2. Astir

      Astir; moving about.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA