broach

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A Rotary broach or a wobble broach is a kind of broaching tool that can create the irregular holing or the outer contour of a broach.

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  1. transitive verb To bring up (a subject) for discussion or debate.
  2. transitive verb To announce: We broached our plans for the new year.
  3. transitive verb To pierce in order to draw off liquid: broach a keg of beer.
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  • Gold plate the shuffle for a broach, and its really nice.
  • A broach is a rod used for roasting meat or a sharp-pointed tool used for making a hole.
  • She merely insisted on changing to her best riding dress, royal blue trimmed with miniver, topped by a satin cape pinned with a pearl broach -- the Welsh had to know they were getting a lady. —  F ;SF; - vol 097 issue 02 - August 1999
  • Available from an Etsy seller, the $12 classic case features a rear opening that allows the shuffle's clip to slip through so you can wear it like a broach or button. —  Gizmodo
  • A Rotary broach or a wobble broach is a kind of broaching tool that can create the irregular holing or the outer contour of a broach. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
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  1. Middle English brochen, to pierce, probably from broche, pointed weapon or implement, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *brocca, from Latin broccus, projecting.
  2. Probably from broach1.

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  1. Also, in sense of an ornamental pin, spelled brooch (see brooch); early modern English broche, from Middle English broche, a pin, peg, spit, spear-point, taper, from Old French broche, French broche, a spit, brooch, etc., = Provencal broca = Spanish Portuguese broca, an awl, drill, spool, etc., = Italian brocca, a split stick (with masculine forms, Old French and French dial. broc, a spit, = Italian brocco, a sharp stake, a sprout, etc.), from Middle Latin broca, brocca, a spit, a sharp stake, any sharp-pointed thing; cf. Latin brochus, brocchus, brocus, projecting (of the teeth of animals: see brochate); prob. of Celtic origin: cf. Welsh procio, stab, prick (later English prog); Gaelic brog, a shoemakers' awl, from brog, spur, stimulate, goad (later English brog.
  2. from Middle English brochen, bore, spur, spit, tap (in this sense cf. the phrase setten on broche, set abroach, after F. mettre en broche: see abroach), from Old French brocher, spur, spit, etc., French brocher, stitch, figure, emboss (= Provencal brocar = Portuguese brocar, bore, = Italian broccare, urge, incite, etc.), from broche, etc., spit: see broach, n. Cf. brocade, brochure, etc.
  3. Short for Broach cotton, from Broach, Baroach, Hindustani Bharōch, Bhrōch, orig. (Gujarati) Bhrigu-kachchha, Bhāru-kachchha, an ancient and modern city of Gujarat (Guzerat) (Yule).
 

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