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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Brooch \Brooch\ (br[=o]ch; 277), n. [See {Broach}, n.]
1. An ornament, in various forms, with a tongue, pin, or loop
for attaching it to a garment; now worn at the breast by
women; a breastpin. Formerly worn by men on the hat.
Honor 's a good brooch to wear in a man's hat. --B.
Jonson
2. (Paint.) A painting all of one color, as a sepia painting,
or an India painting.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Brooch \Brooch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Brooched} (br[=o]cht).]
To adorn as with a brooch. [R.]
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
brooch
n : a decorative pin worn by women [syn: {broach}, {breastpin}]
v : fasten with or as if with a brooch [syn: {clasp}]
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