broach

broach has 19 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 6.

Definitions

• n.. A spit.
• n.. An awl; a bodkin; also, a wooden rod or pin, sharpened at each end, used by thatchers.
• n.. A tool of steel, generally tapering, and of a polygonal form, with from four to eight cutting edges, for smoothing or enlarging holes in metal; sometimes made smooth or without edges, as for burnishing pivot holes in watches; a reamer. The broach for gun barrels is commonly square and without taper.
• n.. A straight tool with file teeth, made of steel, to be pressed through irregular holes in metal that cannot be dressed by revolving tools; a drift.
• n.. A broad chisel for stonecutting.
• n.. A spire rising from a tower.
• n.. A clasp for fastening a garment. See Brooch.
• n.. A spitlike start, on the head of a young stag.
• n.. The stick from which candle wicks are suspended for dipping.
• n.. The pin in a lock which enters the barrel of the key.
• n.. To spit; to pierce as with a spit.
• n.. To tap; to pierce, as a cask, in order to draw the liquor. Hence: To let out; to shed, as blood.