Brooch

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Webster's Dictionary [1]

(1): (imp. & p. p.) To adorn as with a brooch.

(2): (n.) A painting all of one color, as a sepia painting, or an India painting.

(3): (n.) 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.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [2]

Brooch .   Exodus 35:22 RV [Note: Revised Version.] , for AV [Note: Authorized Version.] ‘bracelets.’ See Ornaments, § 5 .

Holman Bible Dictionary [3]

 Exodus 35:22

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [4]

brōch ( חח , ḥāḥ ): Used in plural by the Revised Version (British and American) (the King James Version "bracelets") for a class of "jewels of gold" brought as offerings by both men and women of Israel ( Exodus 35:22 ). "Brooches," as Mackie says, is unoriental. The Hebrew word means most likely nose-rings. See Bracelet; Ring .

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