Breastpin

A pin used to fasten a scarf on the breast; a breast-ornament; a brooch. Breast'plate, n . Armor for the breast. See CUIRASS. "What stronger breastplate than a heart untainted."--Shaks. (Mach.) The plate in which the end of the drill opposite the boring end is inserted. -A strap placed acro a horse's breast. (Jewish Antiq.) A piece of embroidery, about 10 inches square ( Ex . xxviii. 15-30), of very rich work, which the high-priest wore on his breast. It was made of two pieces of the same rich embroidered stuff of which the ephod was made, having a front and a lining, and forming a kind of purse or bag, in which, according to the rabbis, the Urim and Thummim were enclosed. The front of it was set with 12 precious stones, on each of which was engraved the name of one of the tribes. They were placed in 4 rows, and divided from each other by the little golden squares, or partitions, in which they were set. At each corner was a gold ring answering to a ring upon the ephod, these 4 pairs of rings serving to hold the B. in its place on the front of the ephod, by means of 4 blue ribbons, one at each corner. Breast-plough, ( brest'plow ,) n. ( Agric .) A kind of spade or shovel, with a cro piece at the extremity of the handle, which is applied to the breast, and by which the operator skims off a thin slice of turf from a gra y surface, as if he were ploughing.