单词 | nailed |
释义 | nailedadj. 1. a. Fastened, studded, or constructed with nails. Also (occasionally): †having the form of nails (obsolete). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > working with tools or equipment > fastening > [adjective] > with nails nailedeOE nailfast1428 clenchedc1440 nailed-on1683 toed1877 thumbtacked1966 eOE Battle of Brunanburh (Parker) 53 Gewitan him þa Nor[þ]men nægled cnearrum. OE Beowulf 2023 Hio [næ] gled sinc hæleðum sealde. OE Genesis A (1931) 1433 Hwonne hie of nearwe ofer nægledbord ofer streamstaðe stæppan mosten. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 564 Ðat arche was a feteles good... Naild and sperd, ðig and strong. a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) v. 744 (MED) Another table thei leide on hym aloffte, Nailed also. a1500 Rule Minoresses in W. W. Seton Two 15th Cent. Franciscan Rules (1914) 88 (MED) Þis gratis schullyn haue doris of yren bund & naylid. 1599 T. M. Micro-cynicon ii. sig. B4v With nailed shooes, and whipstaffe in his hand. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 501 By touching the sticke she bringeth down the pikes and sharp nailed board vpon her owne body and back. 1657 G. Thornley tr. Longus Daphnis & Chloe 38 The Theeves had their Swords on, with their scaled and nailed Corslets. 1749 G. G. Beekman Let. 15 May in Beekman Mercantile Papers (1956) I. 82 Pray Lett it be good and the Cask Tight and hoops well nailed. 1811 B. C. Capper Let. 20 Dec. in P. D. James & T. A. Critchley Maul & Pear Tree (1971) 76 The print of a nailed shoe was also discovered, at the back of the house. 1853 H. N. Humphreys Coin Collector's Man. I. xviii. 231 The letters termed by numismatists nailed letters... They have the addition of a small knob at the extremities. 1915 J. Buchan Thirty-nine Steps ii. 44 I hunted out a well-used tweed suit, a pair of strong nailed boots, and a flannel shirt. 1993 Collins Compl. DIY Man. (new ed.) iii. 135/1 First knock away any nailed noggings from between the studs. b. nailed-on: fastened on with nails. rare. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > working with tools or equipment > fastening > [adjective] > with nails nailedeOE nailfast1428 clenchedc1440 nailed-on1683 toed1877 thumbtacked1966 1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. 342 He..doubles the loose half of the Leather over the remaining Nail'd-on half. 1980 Village Squire Oct. 7/1 Floors were topped with a layer of nailed-on plywood over which linoleum had been glued. c. nailed-up: fixed to something with a nail or nails. Also figurative (of a play or type of drama): †poorly constructed, having little literary or artistic value (obsolete). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > a play > [adjective] > qualities of play unproduceable1704 playable1725 unproduciblea1760 undramatic1769 unplayable1806 unactable1810 actable1825 blue fire1826 undramatical1829 actor-proof1893 nailed-up1894 talky1937 1894 Westm. Gaz. 24 Apr. 2/1 One of the most inept ‘nailed up’ dramas..that ever faced the footlights. 1906 Westm. Gaz. 15 Feb. 2/3 What the Americans call a ‘glued-up’ or nailed-up drama. 1959 J. Michie Possible Laughter 34 To take that nailed-up weathercock, my word, As a sign of the wind, whichever way it's blowing! 1992 A. Kurzweil Case of Curiosities i. 3 Madame Page had noticed slight changes in her nailed-up twig of sapling fir. 2. Having nails on the fingers or toes. Usually with modifying adjective: having fingernails or toenails of the specified shape, colour, etc. rare before 19th cent. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > nail > [adjective] nailedc1300 ungual1834 c1300 Body & Soul (Laud Misc. 108) (1889) 57 Scharpe clauwes, long nayled. Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 350 Naylyd, as fyngers, or toos, unguatus. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Onglé, nayled; hoofed. 1828 Lights & Shades Eng. Life II. 192 Hands white, long-fingered, acorn-nailed. 1894 M. Dyan All in Man's Keeping (1899) 87 The long-nailed black hand of his..dusky attendant. 1911 F. H. Burnett Secret Garden xxiii. 241 A mole..making its way out at last with the long-nailed paws which looked so like elfish hands, had absorbed him one whole morning. 1961 I. Murdoch Severed Head vi. 48 He dangled his long broad-nailed hand in front of his new fan heater. a1981 E. Morgan Coll. Poems (1996) 431 Tell them they cannot make me a heaven like the tide-race and the tiller and a broken-nailed hand. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.eOE |
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