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Abroach   Listen
verb
Abroach  v. t.  To set abroach; to let out, as liquor; to broach; to tap. (Obs.)



adverb
Abroach  adv.  
1.
Broached; in a condition for letting out or yielding liquor, as a cask which is tapped. "Hogsheads of ale were set abroach."
2.
Hence: In a state to be diffused or propagated; afoot; astir. "Mischiefs that I set abroach."






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"Abroach" Quotes from Famous Books



... from hence, or follow after The reapers of another field, but where My maidens are, see that thou tarry there: Observe what field they reap, and go thou there, Have I not charged the young men to forbear To touch thee? And when thou dost thirst, approach And drink of what the youths have set abroach.[4] Then she fell on her face, and to the ground She bow'd herself, and said, Why have I found Such favour in thine eyes; that thou, to me Who am a stranger, should so courteous be? And Boaz said, it hath ...
— The Works of John Bunyan • John Bunyan

... imaginations, a company of countrymen, who sat drinking in the kitchen, and whose legs were more ready than their invention, sallied out to know the meaning of these exhibitions. Understanding that there was a butt of strong beer abroach in the yard, to which they were invited by the servants, they saved themselves the trouble and expense of returning to spend the evening at the public-house, and listed themselves under the banner of Tom Pipes, who presided as director ...
— The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, Volume I • Tobias Smollett

... extraordinary is the warming of a pair of cards, and telling out a dozen of counters for post and pair, and no man is more methodical in these businesses. Thus he spends his age till the tap of it is run out, and then a fresh one is set abroach. ...
— Microcosmography - or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters • John Earle

... shalt buy thy rashness with thy death, And rue too late thy over bold attempts; For with this sword, this instrument of death, That hath been drenched in my foe-men's blood, I'll separate thy body from they head, And set that coward blood of thine abroach. ...
— 2. Mucedorus • William Shakespeare [Apocrypha]

... leaves a cloudy stain! Now in contiguous drops the flood comes down, Threatening with deluge this DEVOTED town. To shops in crowds the daggled females fly, Pretend to cheapen goods, but nothing buy. The Templar spruce, while every spout's abroach. Stays till 'tis fair, yet seems to call a coach. The tuck'd up sempstress walks with hasty strides, While streams run down her oil'd umbrella's sides. Here various kinds, by various fortunes led, Commence acquaintance underneath a shed. Triumphant Tories, and desponding Whigs, ...
— The Humourous Poetry of the English Language • James Parton



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