To upset the end of a rod inserted in a hole so as to prevent it from being pulled out, as when riveting.
To attach using a brad.
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.
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.
To disintegrate by the blades becoming severed from the axis
To defeat (someone) who then refuses to admit defeat.
The central cylindrical core of an ear of corn (maize) on which the kernels are attached in rows.