单词 | to set abroach |
释义 | > as lemmasto set abroach to set abroach archaic. 1. To broach (a cask, liquor). ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > open [verb (transitive)] > open to use or a source > broach (a cask, etc.) to set abroach1390 attame1393 abroachc1400 tame?a1412 broachc1440 to set a (on) broachc1440 strikea1616 tap1694 peg1721 spile1832 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 183 Riht as who sette a tonne abroche. c1460 [see ]. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 209 The Jarrs of gen'rous Wine..He set abroach, and for the Feast prepar'd. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xvii. 67 Hogsheads of ale and claret were set abroach in the streets. 2. To set on foot, set going, give currency or publicity to. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > initiating or causing to begin > initiate [verb (transitive)] beginc1175 baptizec1384 to set a (on) broachc1440 open1471 to set abroachc1475 entame1477 to set afloat1559 initiate1604 first1607 principiate1613 to set afoot or on foot1615 unclap1621 inchoatea1631 flush1633 to set on1638 principatec1650 rudiment1654 auspicate1660 embryonate1666 to strike up1711 start1723 institutea1797 float1833 spark1912 c1475 Mankind 572 in Macro Plays 21 Ther xall be sett a-broche a clerycall mater. 1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus i. f. 19v Than euery one of them setteth his shiftes abroche. 1579 S. Gosson Schoole of Abuse f. 14v There set they a broche straunge consortes of melodie. 1638 Bp. J. Wilkins Discov. New World (1684) ii. 2 Let but some upstart Heresie be set abroach. 1702 Eng. Theophrastus 324 A studied and a laborious forecast toward the setting of a humour abroach. 1835 R. Browning Paracelsus iii. 110 But 'twas not my desire to set abroach Such memories and forebodings. < as lemmas |
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