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ˈnail-head
[f. nail n. + head n.1]
1. The head of a nail. Also fig.
1683Moxon Mech. Exerc., Printing x. ⁋9 The Plate..with the extuberancies of Nail-heads would hinder the free sliding of the Quoins. 1839Ure Dict. Arts 876 Compressing the metal into the shape of a nail-head. 1855Rambler III. 239 Mr. Forster will have it that the language..scribbled on the rocks of the desert of Sinai, in the Egyptian hieroglyphics, and in the ‘nail-head’ letters of Assyria and Persia, is all one. 1948D. Diringer Alphabet vi. 358 The vertical strokes ended with wedges or ‘nailheads’; this script was therefore termed ‘nail⁓headed’.
2. a. An ornament shaped like the head of a nail.
1836Parker Gloss. Archit. (1850) II. 47 The nail-head being an ornament easily cut, was much used in almost all periods of Norman work. 1892Daily News 24 Oct. 3/2 A red cloth dress was bordered with gold braid with nail-heads of jet an inch or so apart. 1947Sun (Baltimore) 31 Oct. 3/7 (Advt.), It can look dressed-up or casual with its gold-toned nailheads, oblong gold-toned buckle. 1973Philadelphia Inquirer (Today Suppl.) 14 Oct. 14/1 (Advt.), Zip-front shirt jac with nailhead trim. 1974Sumter (S. Carolina) Daily Item 24 Apr. (Belk Stroman Advts. Suppl.) 2 Denim shifts with nailheads, embroidery, polka dot or check trims!
b. attrib., as nail-head moulding, nail-head ornament, nail-head pattern.
1845Freeman in Proc. Archæol. Instit., Winchester 5 Their rim is ornamented with the nail-head moulding. 1848Rickman Styles Archit. Eng. App. 54 The nail-head, and toothed ornaments, though found in France, are by no means so abundant as in England. 1877J. C. Cox Ch. Derbysh. III. 319 The archway..resting on corbels having the nail-head pattern.
3. Min. nail-head spar, a variety of calc-spar in which the crystals resemble nail-heads.
1851Amer. Jrnl. Sci. Ser. ii. XII. 396 Calcspar..variety called Nail-head Spar. 1892Dana Min. 266 Nail-head spar, a composite variety having its name from its form. |