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See also:BROACH (Fr. broche, a pointed See also:instrument, Med. See also:Lat. brocca, cf. the Latin See also:adjective brochus or broccus, projecting, used of See also:teeth)
, a word, of which the doublet " See also:brooch " (q.v.) has a See also:special meaning, for many forms of pointed See also:instruments, such as a See also:bodkin, a wooden See also:needle used in See also:tapestry-making, a See also:spit for roasting See also:meat, and a See also:tool, also called a " rimer," used with a wrench for enlarging or smoothing holes (see Tool,)
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From the use of a similar See also:instrument to tap casks, comes " to See also:broach " or " tap " a cask
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A particular use in See also:architecture is that of "broach-See also:spire," a See also:term employed to designate a particular See also:form of spire, found only in See also:England, which takes its name from the See also: |
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