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broche2 (1121-25)

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broch ;  brouche  (brake  Mch Tayl Accs1 1 Henry IV 7r,  brache  TLL ii 167,  broge  TLL ii 88.73,  proche  TLL ii 73.73 (D))  
  FEW:  broccus 1,543b Gdf:  broche 1,737a GdfC:  broche 8,380b TL: broche 1,1155 DEAF:  broche  DMF:  broche 1  TLF:  broche  OED:  broach n.1  MED:  broche n.1  DMLBS:  broca 2 218b

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1spike: 
( 1121-25; MS: s.xiv1 )  Iloces (=in another part of Hell) sui tost ferliez, De diables mult escriez El lit sui mis sur les broches; Sur mei mettent plums (=lead weights) e roches  S Brend mup 1365
( MS: s.xiii1 )  pano: (R) broche (var. (J: s.xiii1) broche de fer)  Gloss Nequam1 250
( c.1240; MS: c.1300 )  Si vit le puz (=of Hell) trestuit entur Plein de broche et de fer aguz  Mir N-D 111.173
( MS: s.xiii/xiv )  hic panus: gallice broche, anglice essprickel  TLL ii 34
♦spine, prickle: 
( c.1215; MS: 1330-40 )  De clous ardantz fu plein chescun Cum de broches (var. (P: s.xvin) brochez) est hirechoun  Purg S Pat second anon 322
♦implementculin.spit: 
( MS: s.xiii1 )  in veru: en le spoie vel broche  TLL ii 99.67
( MS: s.xiiiex ) in verubus: (C) en broche vel espeye (var. (D*: s.xiii/xiv) brochis;  (L: s.xiii) broches )  TLL ii 132
( c.1310 )  In factura 2 broches pro coquina prioris  Durham 511
( c.1433-34 )  ung ferre a tourner les broches enfermé dedens une cofre, et les broches sont dehors la cofre  Bedford Inventories C248
♦(of sundial) hand: 
( 1356-57; MS: s.xivex )  et maintenant ount les Sarazins fait de roiz sur cel autier pur regarder quelle houre de jour il est ovesqez une brouche qe il y a  Mandeville 204
2weaponsmil.sharp pointed weapon (sword, dart, javelin, etc.): 
( MS: s.xiii2 )  spiculum: (D) broche  TLL ii 18.1834
( c.1292; MS: c.1300 )  les services de nous porter en host un sak ou une broche ou un bozoun  BRITT ii 11
( 1313-14 )  d’une espeie q’est appelé broch ly feri en la teste  YBB Ed II v 100
( c.1334; MS: s.xivm )  Judith [...] ové une brache lui copa la teste  TREVET Cron1 76.17
♦ (as a sign in manuscripts) obelisk, dagger: 
( MS: s.xivm )  [...] chescune oevere od asterick e obel, ceo est une estoil e un broche  S Jer 5rb
3costumebrooch, pin: 
( MS: s.xii/xiii )  spinter: broche vel efficail  TLL ii 87.66
( MS: s.xiii1 )  panus: (R) broche (var. (D: s.xiii1) ficlail)  Gloss Nequam1 250
( 1372 )  un broche d’or [...] ovesque les dites bedes  GAUNT1 ii 22
♦cosmet.costumehair-pin: 
( MS: s.xii/xiii )  discriminalia: (T) broches a greil (var. (A: s.xiii) greve; (C: s.xiiiex) anglice herbondes; (L: s.xiiiex) grivurys)  TLL ii 51.91
4med.pile, haemorrhoid: 
( MS: s.xiv1/3 )  [P]ur le fi quant les broches issent  Med Recs 212.67
5agriculturalhandle of a plough: 
( MS: s.xiii/xiv )  Elevatur stiva ab obliquando qua regitur aratrum cui capulus (gloss: (D) broche) (var. (C: s.xiii2) capel) infigatur  TLL i 187.161 and ii 77.161
6spigot, tap: 
( MS: s.xiiiin )  clepsedra: gallice broche de tonel  Vernac Glosses 13
( MS: s.xiii2 )  clepsedra: gallice broche vel dosil  TLL i 297
7implementtextileweaver's shuttle: 
( MS: s.xiii1 )  panus: broche  Vernac Glosses 19
( MS: s.xiiiex )  Textrices ducunt pectines per stamina cum trama, que trahitur a spola et pano (gloss: (C) del broche) (var. (D: s.xiii/xiv) brochet)  TLL i 201.66 and ii 139.66
( MS: s.xiiiex )  [...] in quo(s) telorum stamina, tramas, insubilos, licia, radios, panulos (gloss: broche) videbamus  TLL i 175.89 and ii 57.89
broche de fer
metaliron spike: 
( MS: s.xiii1 )  Trama autem beneficio navicule transeuntis transmissa consolidet opus totum, que pano fereo (gloss: broche de fer) et saltem lingneo muniatur infra fenestrellas  TLL i 184.73 and ii 102.73
tortis de broche
tortis
couper la broche quite
fig.to cut short, put an end to (debate, discussion): 
( 1273-82; MS: s.xivex )  (Was ever a sadder word spoken?) Nenil! Coupez la broche quite!  Ross ANTS 424
mettre a broche
to set (a cask) abroach, tap: 
( 1320 )  qe nul tonel soit mis a broche devaunt qe il soit assaié  Lib Cust 304
( 1415; MS: s.xv1/4 )  je le (=beer) mettray a broche  Man lang ANTS 73.12
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