单词 | forty-penny nail |
释义 | > as lemmasforty-penny nail forty-penny nail n. a nail of such size that one thousand of them weigh forty pounds (see penny n.). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > nail > specific price or size of nail tenpenny nail1426 tenpenny nail1426 threepenny nail1429 fourpenny nail1481 sixpenny nail1486 fives1629 forty-penny nail1769 tenpenny1820 1769 in Hawkesworth Voy. (1773) II. 182 No nails less than fortypenny were current. 1850 J. Greenwood Sailor's Sea-bk. 135 Nails of sorts are, 4, 6, 8..and 40-penny nails. < as lemmas |
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