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n. [Dan. brod, a prick, thorn, sting, brodde, spur, frost-nail, Sw. brodd, Icel. broddr, prickle, weapon; Gael. & Ir. brod, goad, prickle, sting, Armor. brod, id., and very hot, W. brwd, hot, warm, acrid, brathu, to stab, sting, bite.]

1. A goad; an awl, or a pin in pattens. [Prov. Eng.]
2. A light kind of cross-bow used for killing deer, particularly by ladies. Fairholt.