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brad

[brad] noun, verb, brad⋅ded, brad⋅ding.
–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 )

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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Word Origin & History

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").
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