Brad
Brad ({not transcribed}) , noun
[Compare Old English brod, Danish braad prick, sting, brodde ice spur, frost nail, Swedish brodd frost nail, Icelandic broddr any pointed piece of iron or stell; akin to Anglo-Saxon brord point, spire of grass, and perh. to English bristle. See Bristle, n.]
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.