broaches

noun

Meaning

A series of chisel points mounted on one piece of steel. For example, the toothed stone chisel shown here.
A broad chisel for stone-cutting.
A spit for cooking food.
An awl; a bodkin; also, a wooden rod or pin, sharpened at each end, used by thatchers.
A spire rising from a tower.
A spit-like start on the head of a young stag.
To make a hole in, especially a cask of liquor, and put in a tap in order to draw the liquid.
To open, to make an opening into; to pierce.
To begin discussion about (something).
To be turned sideways to oncoming waves, especially large or breaking waves.
To cause to turn sideways to oncoming waves, especially large or breaking waves (usually followed by to; also figurative).
A piece of women’s ornamental jewellery having a pin allowing it to be fixed to garments worn on the upper body.
A painting all of one colour, such as a sepia painting.

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