Found 2 items, similar to Abroach.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: abroach
abroach
adj : of a cask or barrel;
“the cask was set abroach” [syn:
broached]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Abroach
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.
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Abroach
\A*broach"\, adv. [Pref. a- + broach.]
1. Broached; in a condition for letting out or yielding
liquor, as a cask which is tapped.
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Hogsheads of ale were set abroach. --Sir W.
Scott.
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2. Hence: In a state to be diffused or propagated; afoot;
astir.
“Mischiefs that I set abroach.” --Shak.
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