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2 words match “ABROACH”

ABROACH v. 3 definitions
To set abroach; to let out, as liquor; to broach; to tap. [Obs.] Chaucer.
SET v.
To compose; to arrange in words, lines, etc.; as, to set type; to set a page. To set abroach. See Abroach. [Obs.] Shak. -- To set against, to oppose; to set in comparison with, or to oppose to, as an equivalent in exchange; as, to set one thing against another. -- To set agoing, to cause to move. -- To set apart, to…