brad

1
A thin, small nail, with a slight projection at the top on one side instead of a head, or occasionally with a small domed head, similar to that of an escutcheon pin.
Into the middle arch of each desk silver-headed brads had been hammered to form a lion, a bear, a ram, a dove, and in the midst a flaming torch.
2
A paper fastener, a fastening device formed of thin, soft metal, such as shim brass, with a round head and a flat, split shank, which is spread after insertion in a hole in a stack of pages, in much the same way as a cotter pin or a split rivet.
3
A binary radian.

1
To attach using a brad.
2
To upset the end of a rod inserted in a hole so as to prevent it from being pulled out, as when riveting.

name

1
A diminutive of the male given names Bradley, Bradly, or Bradford, also used as a formal given name.
[…] Brad Schimel wants to make sure women don’t have the right to make their own health care decisions. If he wins, that right is gone,” Crawford says in the ad.
2
A city in Hunedoara County, Romania.

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