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Broach logo #10101) Breastpin 2) Bring up 3) Bring up a subject 4) Brooch 5) Decorative pin 6) French word used in English 7) Impact crater on Mars 8) Mention for the first time 9) Open for discussion 10) Roasting spit
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Broach logo #10101) Breastpin 2) Brooch 3) Raise
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Broach logo #21000[sailing] A sailboat broaches when its heading suddenly changes towards the wind due to wind/sail interactions for which the rudder cannot compensate. This causes the boat to enter a Death roll, rolling dangerously and if not controlled may lead to a capsize and turning turtle. This happens when the aerodynamic force on the rig greatly exce...
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Broach logo #21795 When a sailing vessel loses control of its motion and is forced into a sudden sharp turn, often heeling heavily and in smaller vessels sometimes leading to a capsize. The change in direction is called broaching-to. Occurs when too much sail is set for a strong gust of wind, or in circumstances where the sails are unstable.
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Broach logo #21002• (n.) A broad chisel for stonecutting. • (n.) To spit; to pierce as with a spit. • (n.) A spit. • (n.) To make public; to utter; to publish first; to put forth; to introduce as a topic of conversation. • (n.) A tool of steel, generally tapering, and of a polygonal form, with from four to eight cutting edges, for smoothing ...
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Broach logo #20083The unwetting of a foil with resultant loss of lift due to the foil coming near to or penetrating the air-water interface.
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broach logo #20559a triangular face that enables a square tower to turn into an octagonal spire
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broach logo #209731. To spit; to pierce as with a spit. 'I'll broach the tadpole on my rapier's point.' (Shak) ... 2. To tap; to pierce, as a cask, in order to draw the liquor. Hence: To let out; to shed, as blood. 'Whereat with blade, with bloody blameful blade, He bravely broached his boiling bloody breast.' (Shak) ... 3. To open for the first time, as stores. 'Yo...
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broach logo #21001(brōch) an elongated, tapered, and serrated cutting tool for shaping and enlarging holes. barbed b.; root canal b. barbed broach a thin, flexible, hand-operated or engine-driven endodontic instrument, usually tapered, with a series of sharply pointed barbs alon...
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Broach logo #21453The turning of a boat broadside to the wind or waves, subjecting it to possible capsizing.
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Broach logo #10444a point when a boat sailing down wind loses control and spins broadside onto the wind
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Broach logo #20972Broach transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Broached ; present participle & verbal noun Broaching .] [ French brocher , from broche . See Broach , noun ] 1. To spit; to pier...
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Broach logo #20972Broach noun [ Middle English broche , French broche , from Late Latin brocca ; probably of Celtic origin; confer W. proc thrust, stab, Gael. brog awl. Confer Brooch .] 1. A spit. [ Obsolete] « He turned a broach that had worn a crown.
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broach logo #20001 bring up announce begin to talk about 
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broach logo #21219Type: Term Pronunciation: brōch Definitions: 1. A dental instrument for removing the pulp of a tooth or exploring the canal.
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Broach logo #21217A broach is a broad chisel used by masons for stonecutting.
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Broach logo #21217In architecture, a broach or broche is a spire rising directly from a tower, there being no intermediate parapet. The terms broach and broche were originally old English terms for a church spire, the specific definition originated in Leicestershire and spread into general use during the 19th century.
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Broach logo #22189To drill or cut out material left between closely spaced drill holes. Also, a mason
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Broach logo #23904A long, tapered cutting tool with serrations which,when forced through a hole or across a surface, cuts a desired shape or size.
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Broach logo #20687A long, tapered cutting tool with serration's which, when forced through a hole or across a surface, cuts a desired shape or size.
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broach logo #20974initiate verb bring up a topic for discussion
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Broach logo #22191To drill or cut out material left between closely spaced drill holes; a mason's sharp-pointed chisel for dressing stone; an inclined piece of masonry filling the triangular space between the base of an octagonal spire and the top of a square tower; a type of chisel used for working narrow surfaces.
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broach logo #21199an elongated, tapered, serrated cutting tool for shaping and enlarging holes. · a spit for roasting meat. · a gimlet for tapping casks. · (in a lock) a pin receiving the barrel of a key. · an octagonal spire rising directly from a tower without any intervening feature. · a pointed tool for the rough dressing of stone. ...
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broach logo #23665 bring up a topic for discussion
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broach logo #23665[SAT terms] bring up a topic for discussion
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