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Webster 1913 Edition

Brad

Brad

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Noun.
[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
,
Noun.
]
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Brad

BRAD

, in Sax., is broad, and occurs in names; as in Bradford, broadford.

BRAD

,
Noun.
A particular kind of nail,used in floors and other work, where it is deemed proper to drive nails entirely into the wood. For this purpose, it is made without a broad head or shoulder over the shank.

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