a spit.-an awl; a bodkin; also, a wooden rod or pin, sharpened at each end, used by thatchers.-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.-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.-a broad chisel for stonecutting.-a spire rising from a tower.-a clasp for fastening a garment. see brooch.-a spitlike start, on the head of a young stag.-the stick from which candle wicks are suspended for dipping.-the pin in a lock which enters the barrel of the key.-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 shed, as blood.-to open for the first time, as stores.-to make public; to utter; to publish first; to put forth; to introduce as a topic of conversation.-to cause to begin or break out.-to shape roughly, as a block of stone, by chiseling with a coarse tool.-to enlarge or dress (a hole), by using a broach.