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单词 to set abroach
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to set abroach
to set abroach
archaic.
1. To broach (a cask, liquor).
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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.
figurative.14.. J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy (Digby MS.) iv. 2464 He..gan approche & wiþ his swerd to sette a broche..þe Grekys hatful blood.1605 G. Chapman Al Fooles ii. i My Purse set a broch By euerie cheating come you seauen?1763 C. Johnstone Reverie (new ed.) I. p. iv He had drunk of his wine, which now began to warm his heart, and set all his secrets abroach.
2. To set on foot, set going, give currency or publicity to.
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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.
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