BROOCH

anything which will pierce through; pin; thftt pu*t of certoin ornaments by which are stuck on; the ornament itself. Brooches great antiquity, and were formerly worn by well as women. They were used by both sexes the Greeks and Romans, and also in the middle Among the Highlanders of Scotland there served, in sevend families, ancient brooches workmanship and highly ornamented. Some are inscribed with characters to which particular virtues were attributed, and seem to have been as a sort of amulet or talisman. BROODING. See Incubation.