Wordwind meant she had broached a cask of wine for all to enjoy.

We've gone from brooch to broccoli to bacchanales in one thread? OK, WW, fill 'er up; let the revels begin! Besides, DR. Bill, the wine will dull that toothache! Hmmm... Which Greek philosopher was it who said something to the effect that no philosophy on earth could dull a toothache? Hence, the rise of the symposium to cure the aches philosophy couldn't.