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brad

  [brad] noun, verb, brad⋅ded, brad⋅ding.
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–noun
1. a slender wire nail having either a small, deep head or a projection to one side of the head end.
–verb (used with object)
2. to fasten with brads.
Origin:
1425–75; late ME brad, dial. var. of ME brod(d) sprout, shoot, nail < ON braddr, c. OE brord spike (see braird )
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Brad

  [brad]
–noun
a male given name.
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brad   (brād)   
n.  A thin wire nail with a small head or a slight side projection instead of a head.

[Middle English, from Old Norse broddr, spike.]
brad v.
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Brad

Brad\, n. [Cf.OE. brod, Dan. braad prick, sting, brodde ice spur, frost nail, Sw. brodd frost nail, Icel. broddr any pointed piece of iron or stell; akin to AS. brord point, spire of grass, and perh. to E. bristle. See Bristle, n.] A thin nail, usually small, with a slight projection at the top on one side instead of a head; also, a small wire nail, with a flat circular head; sometimes, a small, tapering, square-bodied finishing nail, with a countersunk head.
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Language Translation for : Brad
Spanish: abeto,
German: die Tanne,
Japanese: もみの木
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brad 
1295, brod, from O.N. broddr "spike, point, arrow," from P.Gmc. *brozda- (cf. O.E. brord "point, blade of grass," O.H.G. brort "point, edge, crown").
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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