Brad vs Zain - What's the difference?
brad | zain |
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.
* 1936 , Djuna Barnes, Nightwood , Faber & Faber 2007, p. 5:
A , 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.
(archaic) A horse of a dark colour with no lighter spots.
* 1905 , Sir William Ridgeway, The origin and influence of the thoroughbred horse
As an adjective brad
is sudden, fast, busy, full of hurry.As a noun zain is
a metal rod / blank that will be forged.brad
English
Noun
(en noun)- 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.
Derived terms
* bradawlAnagrams
* (l) * (l) * (l) ----zain
English
Noun
(en noun)- Azara estimates the proportion of bays amongst these horses to be about ninety to ten zains , that is, entirely dark-coloured without any white; and there is not one black in two thousand; pied and greys occur sometimes...