A spit, and in some parts of the English dominions, an awl, and a bodkin.

A musical instrument played by turning a handle.

A clasp or small utensil to fasten a vest.

A start of the head of a young stag.

To spit; to pierce as with a spit.

To tap; to pierce, as a cask, in order to draw the liquor; hence, to let out.

To open, as a store.

To utter; to give out; to publish first; to make public what was before unknown; as, to broach an opinion. \ . To broach to, in navigation, to incline suddenly to windward, so as to lay the sails aback and expose the vessel to the danger of oversetting.