Broach

brO oh, v.t. to pierce as a cask, to tap to open up or begin to utter. [Fr. brocher to pierce, brothe, an iron pin — Lat. brocchus a pioiectmg tooth Broad, biawd, adj wide: large, free or open — ccurse, indelicate adv. Broadly. n. Broad ne . [A.S. brad, Goth, braids.] Broad-arrow, brawd'-ar'5 n. a mark, thus ( N) stamped on materials used in the royal dockyards