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Webster 1913 Edition
Abroach
A-broach′
,Verb.
T.
To set abroach; to let out, as liquor; to broach; to tap.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
A-broach′
,adv.
[Pref.
a-
+ broach
.] 1.
Broached; in a condition for letting out or yielding liquor, as a cask which is tapped.
Hogsheads of ale were set
abroach
. Sir W. Scott.
2.
Hence: In a state to be diffused or propagated; afoot; astir.
“Mischiefs that I set abroach.” Shak.
Webster 1828 Edition
Abroach
ABROACH
,adv.
Broached; letter out or yielding liquor, or in a posture for letting out; as a cask is abroach. Figuratively used by Shakespeare for setting loose, or in a state of being diffused, 'Set mischief abroach;' but this sense is unusual.