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Definition of Brads
1. brad [v] - See also: brad
Lexicographical Neighbors of Brads
Literary usage of Brads
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Synoptical Flora of North America: The Gamopetalae, Being a Second Edition by Asa Gray (1888)
"... cauline few and spar-e, small (quarter long), oblong or lanceolate : head
one-third inch high and broad : brads of involucre 1< lanceolate, ..."
2. The Young Folks' Cyclopædia of Common Things by John Denison Champlin (1884)
"Different kinds are named from their uses, shape, etc., as shingle, clapboard,
floor, horseshoe, trunk, and harness nails, and tacks, brads, and spikes. ..."
3. The American Machinist Shop Note Book: A Collection of Articles by E.A. Suverkrop (1919)
"TOOL FOR DRIVING brads The time re- The tool illustrated herewith is for driving
brads in places where it would be difficult to use a hammer. ..."
4. The art of boot and shoemaking by John Bedford Leno (1885)
"Brass, Copper, and Gun-metal brads.—Brass and Iron Screws.—General Remarks on
Nailing, the Selection of Nails, &c. Introductory Observations—Of all the many ..."
5. Catching's Compendium of Practical Dentistry (1895)
"WIRE brads FOR ROOT POSTS. DR. GRANT MITCHELL, CANTON, O. In cases of badly broken
down molars, fill the roots with chlo- ro-percha, then with a strong ..."
6. The royal phraseological English-French, French-English dictionary by John Charles Tarver (1853)
"Verrier, a basket for glasses, bottles, decanters, etc. VERRIERE, sf a glass
tub ; gloss bason. VERROTERIE, sf small glass ware; Venetian brads. ..."
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