north. Obs. Also stan-, stane-. [f. STONE sb. + BROD sb.1] A nail or peg for fixing stone slates; a slate-pin.

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1363–4.  in Finchale Priory Charters, etc. (Surtees), p. lxiv. Et vm de stanbrods et lednaill’ emptis.

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1419.  in Fabric Rolls York Minster (Surtees), 38. In v. m stanebrod, 6s. 8d. Ibid. (1457), 69. xxj. m stonebrodes.

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1543.  Mem. Fountains Abb. (Surtees), 404. For one thousande stonebrode xiij d.

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