BROACH (Fr. broche, a pointed

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• INSTRUMENT (Lat. instrumentum, from insincere, to build up, furnish, arrange, prepare)

instrument, Med.

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• LAT

Lat. brocca, cf. the Latin

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• ADJECTIVE (from the Lat. adjectives, added)

adjective brochus or broccus, projecting, used of

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• TEETH (O.E. Eel); plural of tooth, O.E. top)

teeth)  , a word, of which the doublet " brooch " (q.v.) has a special meaning, for many forms of pointed instruments, such as a bodkin, a wooden needle used in tapestry-making, a spit for roasting meat, and a tool, also called a " rimer," used with a wrench for enlarging or smoothing holes (see Tool,) . From the use of a similar instrument to tap casks, comes " to broach " or " tap " a cask . A particular use in architecture is that of "broach-spire," a term employed to designate a particular form of spire, found only in England, which takes its name from the stone roof of the lower portion . The stone spire being octagonal and the tower square on plan, there remained four angles to be covered over . This was done with a stone roof of slight pitch, compared with that of the spire, and it is the intersection of this roof with the octagonal `faces of the spire which forms the broach .