Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - broach
Broach
broach
v. & n. --v.tr. 1 raise (a subject) for discussion. 2 pierce (a cask) to draw liquor. 3 open and start using contents of (a box, bale, bottle, etc.). 4 begin drawing (liquor). --n. 1 a bit for boring. 2 a roasting-spit. Phrases and idioms broach spire an octagonal church spire rising from a square tower without a parapet. Etymology: ME f. OF broche (n.), brocher (v.) ult. f. L brocc(h)us projecting
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English broche, from Anglo-French, from Vulgar Latin *brocca, from Latin, feminine of broccus projecting Date: 13th century brooch, any of various pointed or tapered tools, implements, or parts: as, a spit for roasting meat, a tool for tapping casks, a cutting tool for removing material from metal or plastic to shape an outside surface or a hole, II. verb Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. to pierce (as a cask) in order to draw the contents, to open up or break into (as a mine or stores), to shape or enlarge (a hole) with a ~, 3. to make known for the first time, to open up (a subject) for discussion, intransitive verb to break the surface from below, see: express ~er noun III. intransitive verb Etymology: perhaps from 2~ Date: 1705 to veer or yaw dangerously so as to lie broadside to the waves ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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