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To set abroach; to let out, as liquor; to broach; to tap.

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  1. v. t. To set abroach; to let out, as liquor; to broach; to tap.
  2. adv. Broached; in a condition for letting out or yielding liquor, as a cask which is tapped.
  3. adv. Hence: In a state to be diffused or propagated; afoot; astir.
  4. adj. of a cask or barrel
  5. To set abroach; to let out, as liquor; to broach; to tap. [Obs.] Chaucer. 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.
  6. To set abroach; to let out, as liquor; to broach; to tap.[Obs.] Chaucer.
  7. s. of a cask or barrel