broach

1. n. A spit. Source: opted

2. n. An awl; a bodkin; also, a wooden rod or pin, sharpened at each end, used by thatchers. Source: opted

3. n. A tool of steel, generally tapering, and of a polygonal form, with from four to eight cutting edges, for smoothing or enlarging holes in metal; sometimes made smooth or without edges, as for burnishing pivot holes in watches; a reamer. The broach for gun barrels is commonly square and without taper. Source: opted

4. n. A straight tool with file teeth, made of steel, to be pressed through irregular holes in metal that cannot be dressed by revolving tools; a drift. Source: opted

5. n. A broad chisel for stonecutting. Source: opted

6. n. A spire rising from a tower. Source: opted

7. n. A clasp for fastening a garment. See Brooch. Source: opted

8. n. A spitlike start, on the head of a young stag. Source: opted

9. n. The stick from which candle wicks are suspended for dipping. Source: opted

10. n. The pin in a lock which enters the barrel of the key. Source: opted

11. n. To spit; to pierce as with a spit. Source: opted

12. n. To tap; to pierce, as a cask, in order to draw the liquor. Hence: To let out; to shed, as blood. Source: opted

13. n. To open for the first time, as stores. Source: opted

14. n. To make public; to utter; to publish first; to put forth; to introduce as a topic of conversation. Source: opted

15. n. To cause to begin or break out. Source: opted

16. n. To shape roughly, as a block of stone, by chiseling with a coarse tool. Source: opted

17. n. To enlarge or dress (a hole), by using a broach. Source: opted

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