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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
abroach
    adj 1: of a cask or barrel; "the cask was set abroach" [syn:
           abroach, broached]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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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