5. To cause to begin or break out. [Obs.] Shak.
6. (Masonry)
Defn: To shape roughly, as a block of stone, by chiseling with a coarse tool. [Scot. & North of Eng.]
7. To enlarge or dress (a hole), by using a broach. To broach to (Naut.), to incline suddenly to windward, so as to lay the sails aback, and expose the vessel to the danger of oversetting.
BROACHER
Broach"er, n.
1. A spit; a broach. On five sharp broachers ranked, the roast they turned. Dryden.
2. One who broaches, opens, or utters; a first publisher or promoter. Some such broacher of heresy. Atterbury.
BROAD
Broad, a. [Compar. Broader; superl. Broadest.] Etym: [OE. brod, brad,
AS. brad; akin to OS. bred, D. breed, G. breit, Icel. brei, Sw. &
Dan. bred, Goth. braids. Cf. Breadth.]
1. Wide; extend in breadth, or from side to side; — opposed to narrow; as, a broad street, a broad table; an inch broad.
2. Extending far and wide; extensive; vast; as, the broad expanse of ocean.