abroach : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: abroach	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
abroach adj of a cask or barrel; "the cask was set abroach" [syn: abroach, broached]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abroach \A*broach"\, v. t. [OE. abrochen, OF. abrochier. See {Broach}.] To set abroach; to let out, as liquor; to broach; to tap. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abroach \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. [bd]Mischiefs that I set abroach.[b8] --Shak.