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spike-nail
[spike n.2 Cf. MDu. and LG. spikernagel, MHG. spîchernagel (G. dial. speichernagel).]
A large and strong nail, now spec. one upwards of three (or four) inches in length, with a small head.
1314–5MS. Acc. Exch. K.R. Bdle. 492 No. 19 (P.R.O.), Item in C spiknail emptis, v d. 1562Ludlow Churchw. Acc. (Camden) 109 For spyke nayles to make the pewe. c1608in Swayne Sarum Churchw. Acc. (1896) 160, viij long spike nayles for the Refters, 12 d. 1769Falconer Dict. Marine s.v. Kelson, It [the kelson] is secured by spike-nails [to the floor-timbers and crotches]. 1782Phil. Trans. LXXII. 367 The spike-nail which had fastened the lead to it appeared perfectly sound. 1807W. Irving Salmag. (1824) 198 He put a good store of beads, spike-nails and looking-glasses in his trunk. 1866Harvard Mem. Biogr., F. C. Hopkinson II. 21 The method..was..to strike them alternately with a large Spike-nail. |