ABROACH

v. adv.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To set abroach; to let out, as liquor; to broach; to tap. [Obs.] Chaucer.

2.
adv.

Broached; in a condition for letting out or yielding liquor, as a cask which is tapped. Hogsheads of ale were set abroach. Sir W. Scott.

3.
adv.

Hence: In a state to be diffused or propagated; afoot; astir. "Mischiefs that I set abroach." Shak.

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