abroach
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- null (adj) Broached; letting out or yielding liquor, or in a position for letting out: as, the cask is abroach.
- null (verb) Figuratively, to give rise to; spread abroad; disseminate; propagate.
- null (verb) To open, as a cask, for the purpose of letting out liquor; tap; broach.
Examples
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In one place cooks were toiling to roast huge oxen, and fat sheep; in another, hogsheads of ale were set abroach, to be drained at the freedom of all comers.
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As for the rest, he assailed them in their own way, setting whole hogsheads of beer and wine abroach, for the benefit of comers; and into those sordid hearts that liquor would not open, he found means to convey himself by the help of a golden key.
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Sir Richard, anxious not to arouse the hostility of the villagers, bought the pipe of wine from the winner, and, setting it abroach, allowed all who would to drink; and so, in a tumult of cheers and blessings, he rode away to keep his tryst.
Note
'Abroach' includes the Middle English 'broche,' a pointed object, spigot.
