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Definitions for: Abroach [adj] of a cask or barrel; "the cask was set abroach"
Webster (1913) Definition: A*broach", v. t. [OE. abrochen, OF. abrochier. See
Broach.]
To set abroach; to let out, as liquor; to broach; to tap.
[Obs.] --Chaucer.
A*broach", adv. [Pref. a- + broach.]
1. Broached; in a condition for letting out or yielding
liquor, as a cask which is tapped.
Hogsheads of ale were set abroach. --Sir W.
Scott.
2. Hence: In a state to be diffused or propagated; afoot;
astir. ``Mischiefs that I set abroach.'' --Shak.
Synonyms: broached, tapped
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