noun
1.
a slender wire nail having either a small, deep head or a projection to one side of the head end. See illus. under nail.
verb (used with object)
2.
to fasten with brads.
Origin:
1425–75; late Middle English brad, dialectal variant of Middle English brod(d) sprout, shoot, nail < Old Norse braddr, cognate with Old English brord spike (see braird)
1425–75; late Middle English brad, dialectal variant of Middle English brod(d) sprout, shoot, nail < Old Norse braddr, cognate with Old English brord spike (see braird)
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noun
a male given name.
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| —n | |
| a small tapered nail having a small head that is either symmetrical or formed on one side only | |
| [Old English brord point, prick; related to Old Norse broddr spike, sting, Old High German brort edge] | |
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Word Origin & History
brad
"small wire nail," late 13c., brod, from O.N. broddr "spike, point, arrow," from P.Gmc. *brozda- (cf. O.E. brord "point, prick, blade of grass," O.H.G. brort "point, edge, crown"), from PIE *bhrs-dh-, from base *bhars- "projectile, point, bristle."
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