nailsadj.

Brit.

/neɪlz/, U.S.

/neɪlz/

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: hard as nails at nail n. Phrases 5.

Etymology: Short for hard as nails at nail n. Phrases 5.

slang.

In predicative use, of a person: tough, strong, hardened.

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the world > life > the body > bodily constitution > bodily strength > [adjective] > robust

strongeOE

hardOE

stalworthc1175

starka1250

stiff1297

steel to the (very) backa1300

stalworthyc1300

wightc1300

stable13..

valiant1303

stithc1325

toughc1330

wrast1338

stoura1350

sadc1384

wighty14..

derfc1440

substantialc1460

well-jointed1483

felon1487

robust1490

stalwart1508

stoutya1529

robustous?1531

rankc1540

hardy1548

robustious1548

stout1576

rustical1583

rustic1620

iron1638

robustic1652

swankinga1704

strapping1707

rugged1731

solid1741

vaudy1793

flaithulach1829

ironbark1833

swankie1838

tough as (old) boots or leather1843

skookum1847

hard (also tough, sharp) as nails1862

hard-assed1954

nails1974

1974 R. L. Hill Nails v. 46 It's the guy with the face that scares me: he looks ‘nails’.

1990 Viz Apr. 6/1 My favourite film is that one with Clint Eastwood when he shoots people with a big gun. He's nails.

2000 Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, Calif.) (Electronic ed.) 1 Sept. 6 He's not a great coverage linebacker, but he's nails against the run and doesn't make the fatal mental error.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

b. In oaths, etc.: (by) (God's) nails and variants. Cf. god n. and int. Phrases 3b(a). Now archaic and rare.In these expressions, nail may sometimes have been taken in sense 1.

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the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > religious oaths (referring to God) > referring to Jesus > with reference to the Passion or crucifixion

nailOE

for the rood!OE

(by) (God's) nailsc1390

for the pashe of Christ?1553

the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > religious oaths (referring to God) > miscellaneous

depardieuc1290

by God's namec1330

by God's roodc1330

by God's eyes1340

God's soul1345

for God's sakec1386

cock's soulc1405

God's armsc1405

by God's dooma1425

(by) (God's) nailsa1500

by God's fast?1515

God's lord?1520

God's sacramenta1529

God's dominusc1530

by God's crown1535

God's bread1535

God's gown1535

God's guts1543

of God's word?1550

God's hat1569

Gods me1570

marry (a) Godc1574

God's malt1575

God's ludd?1577

God's sacring?1577

God's sokinges?1577

trunnion?1577

(by) God's will1579

God's teeth1580

'Shearta1596

God's light1598

by God's me1599

'Snails1599

'Slight1600

God's diggers1602

'Swill1602

od's mea1616

od's my lifea1616

'Sprecious1631

'Sbores1640

odso1660

for sake('s) sake1665

Gad's precious1677

heartlikins1677

od1681

'Sdiggers1687

(Lord) love you (also your heart)1707

God's fury1748

heartikins1751

S'fire1791

nom de Dieu1848

'strewth1892

Lord lumme1895

lumme1898

c1390 G. Chaucer Pardoner's Tale 288 ‘Harrow,’ quod he, ‘by nayles and by blood!’

c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xx. 225 Goddes herte, & his nayles.

a1450 (?a1390) J. Mirk Instr. Parish Priests (Claud.) (1974) 871 (MED) Hast þou be wonet to swere als, By goddes bones or herte, fals, What by hys woundes, nayles, or tre?

c1460 in R. Brotanek Mittelengl. Dichtungen MS 432 Trin. Coll. Dublin (1940) 100 Þou lyest, horesone, by goddys face..By goddis nayles!

a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1897–1973) 169 (MED) By gottys dere nalys, I wyll peasse no langer.

?1536 R. Copland Hye Way to Spyttell Hous sig. Biij^v With horyble othes, swerynge as they were wood Armes, nayles, woundes.

1573 New Custome ii. iii. sig. Ciij His nayles I would Plague them one way, or an other.

1600 T. Dekker Shomakers Holiday sig. H2^v Gods nailes doe you thinke I am so base to gull you?

a1607 H. Chettle Trag. Hoffman (1631) sig. C1 Well, and you were not my father, ——s'nailes, and I would not draw rather then put vp the foole.

1703 M. Martin Descr. W. Islands Scotl. 225 Their ordinary asseveration is by Nale, for I did not hear any Oath in the Island.

1862 G. Borrow Wild Wales III. xxiv. 263 Says Tom to himself: ‘By God's nails and blood I will steal the farmer's bull.’

1954 A. Seton Katherine xxix. 493 ‘By God's nails, lady,’ his jaw dropped, ‘you don't mean to come back and live at Kettlethorpe!’

单词	nails
释义	nailsadj. Brit. /neɪlz/, U.S. /neɪlz/ Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: hard as nails at nail n. Phrases 5. Etymology: Short for hard as nails at nail n. Phrases 5. slang. In predicative use, of a person: tough, strong, hardened. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily constitution > bodily strength > [adjective] > robust strongeOE hardOE stalworthc1175 starka1250 stiff1297 steel to the (very) backa1300 stalworthyc1300 wightc1300 stable13.. valiant1303 stithc1325 toughc1330 wrast1338 stoura1350 sadc1384 wighty14.. derfc1440 substantialc1460 well-jointed1483 felon1487 robust1490 stalwart1508 stoutya1529 robustous?1531 rankc1540 hardy1548 robustious1548 stout1576 rustical1583 rustic1620 iron1638 robustic1652 swankinga1704 strapping1707 rugged1731 solid1741 vaudy1793 flaithulach1829 ironbark1833 swankie1838 tough as (old) boots or leather1843 skookum1847 hard (also tough, sharp) as nails1862 hard-assed1954 nails1974 1974 R. L. Hill Nails v. 46 It's the guy with the face that scares me: he looks ‘nails’. 1990 Viz Apr. 6/1 My favourite film is that one with Clint Eastwood when he shoots people with a big gun. He's nails. 2000 Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, Calif.) (Electronic ed.) 1 Sept. 6 He's not a great coverage linebacker, but he's nails against the run and doesn't make the fatal mental error. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmas (by) (God's) nails b. In oaths, etc.: (by) (God's) nails and variants. Cf. god n. and int. Phrases 3b(a). Now archaic and rare.In these expressions, nail may sometimes have been taken in sense 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > religious oaths (referring to God) > referring to Jesus > with reference to the Passion or crucifixion nailOE for the rood!OE (by) (God's) nailsc1390 for the pashe of Christ?1553 the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > religious oaths (referring to God) > miscellaneous depardieuc1290 by God's namec1330 by God's roodc1330 by God's eyes1340 God's soul1345 for God's sakec1386 cock's soulc1405 God's armsc1405 by God's dooma1425 (by) (God's) nailsa1500 by God's fast?1515 God's lord?1520 God's sacramenta1529 God's dominusc1530 by God's crown1535 God's bread1535 God's gown1535 God's guts1543 of God's word?1550 God's hat1569 Gods me1570 marry (a) Godc1574 God's malt1575 God's ludd?1577 God's sacring?1577 God's sokinges?1577 trunnion?1577 (by) God's will1579 God's teeth1580 'Shearta1596 God's light1598 by God's me1599 'Snails1599 'Slight1600 God's diggers1602 'Swill1602 od's mea1616 od's my lifea1616 'Sprecious1631 'Sbores1640 odso1660 for sake('s) sake1665 Gad's precious1677 heartlikins1677 od1681 'Sdiggers1687 (Lord) love you (also your heart)1707 God's fury1748 heartikins1751 S'fire1791 nom de Dieu1848 'strewth1892 Lord lumme1895 lumme1898 c1390 G. Chaucer Pardoner's Tale 288 ‘Harrow,’ quod he, ‘by nayles and by blood!’ c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xx. 225 Goddes herte, & his nayles. a1450 (?a1390) J. Mirk Instr. Parish Priests (Claud.) (1974) 871 (MED) Hast þou be wonet to swere als, By goddes bones or herte, fals, What by hys woundes, nayles, or tre? c1460 in R. Brotanek Mittelengl. Dichtungen MS 432 Trin. Coll. Dublin (1940) 100 Þou lyest, horesone, by goddys face..By goddis nayles! a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1897–1973) 169 (MED) By gottys dere nalys, I wyll peasse no langer. ?1536 R. Copland Hye Way to Spyttell Hous sig. Biij^v With horyble othes, swerynge as they were wood Armes, nayles, woundes. 1573 New Custome ii. iii. sig. Ciij His nayles I would Plague them one way, or an other. 1600 T. Dekker Shomakers Holiday sig. H2^v Gods nailes doe you thinke I am so base to gull you? a1607 H. Chettle Trag. Hoffman (1631) sig. C1 Well, and you were not my father, ——s'nailes, and I would not draw rather then put vp the foole. 1703 M. Martin Descr. W. Islands Scotl. 225 Their ordinary asseveration is by Nale, for I did not hear any Oath in the Island. 1862 G. Borrow Wild Wales III. xxiv. 263 Says Tom to himself: ‘By God's nails and blood I will steal the farmer's bull.’ 1954 A. Seton Katherine xxix. 493 ‘By God's nails, lady,’ his jaw dropped, ‘you don't mean to come back and live at Kettlethorpe!’ extracted from nailn. < adj.1974 as lemmas
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nailsadj.

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