Found 3 hits - Term: abroach, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
abroach \abroach"\, v. t. oe. abrochen, of. abrochier. see
broach.
to set abroach; to let out, as liquor; to broach; to tap.
obs. --chaucer.
1913 webster
see also:
broach
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
abroach \abroach"\, adv. pref. a- + broach.
1. broached; in a condition for letting out or yielding
liquor, as a cask which is tapped.
1913 webster
hogsheads of ale were set abroach. --sir w.
scott.
1913 webster
2. hence: in a state to be diffused or propagated; afoot;
astir. "mischiefs that i set abroach." --shak.
1913 webster
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
abroach
adj : of a cask or barrel; "the cask was set abroach" syn: broached
see also:
broached
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