Broach: Definition and part of speech

Broach

n. The pin in a lock which enters the barrel of the key.
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.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

n. A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders.
superl. Wide; extend in breadth, or from side to side; — opposed to narrow; as, a broad street, a broad table; an inch broad.
superl. Extending far and wide; extensive; vast; as, the broad expanse of ocean.
superl. Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full.
superl. Fig.: Having a large measure of any thing or quality; not limited; not restrained; — applied to any subject, and retaining the literal idea more or less clearly, the precise meaning depending largely on the substantive.
superl. Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged.
superl. Plain; evident; as, a broad hint.
superl. Free; unrestrained; unconfined.
superl. Characterized by breadth. See Breadth.
superl. Cross; coarse; indelicate; as, a broad compliment; a broad joke; broad humor.
1n. 1 A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders.
1superl. 1 Wide; extend in breadth, or from side to side; — opposed to narrow; as, a broad street, a broad table; an inch broad.

n. The shoveler. See Shoveler.
n. A wild duck (Aythya, / Fuligula, marila), which appears in large numbers on the eastern coast of the United States, in autumn; — called also bluebill, blackhead, raft duck, and scaup duck. See Scaup duck.

n. A member of the society of Friends; a Quaker.
n. A hat with a very broad brim, like those worn by men of the society of Friends.

adv. So as to scatter or be scattered in all directions; so as to spread widely, as seed from the hand in sowing, or news from the press.
n. A casting or throwing seed in all directions, as from the hand in sowing.
a. Cast or dispersed in all directions, as seed from the hand in sowing; widely diffused.
a. Scattering in all directions (as a method of sowing); — opposed to planting in hills, or rows.