单词 | nail bar |
释义 | nail barn. 1. A narrow four-sided block of iron or other metal from which nails are cut. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > iron > [noun] > bar of iron > other types of bar osmund1428 nail bar1817 merchant bar1838 round1862 plating bar1879 osmund piece1898 1817 W. Pitt Topogr. Hist. Staffs. 180 The iron here is wrought from the ore to the nail-bar, and afterwards manufactured into a great variety of articles. 1822 J. White New Cent. of Inventions 227 The thickness of the nail bar is so proportioned as to contain in that length..enough of metal for the nail when finished. 1906 Economist 6 Jan. 15/2 The [German] manufacturers of wrought iron marked up prices to equalise the recent advance in raw materials. Commercial forms and screw stock were raised to 142 marks, and horseshoe and nail-bars to 150 marks. 1998 Hist. Archaeol. 32 82/1 Bars were heated and run through water powered rollers until they had rectangular cross sections and were about one quarter to one half inch thick, according to the size nail rod that was to be produced. These were called nail bars. 2. A crowbar.With reference to the use of the tool to grip and remove nails. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > lever or crowbar > [noun] lever1297 speke1366 crowa1400 gavelock1497 prisea1500 handspoke1513 porter1538 sway1545 handspike1559 heaver1598 coleweigh1600 handspeek1644 forcer1649 ringer1650 ripping-chisel1659 pinch1685 crow-spike1692 Betty1700 wringer1703 crowbar1748 spike1771 pry1803 jemmy1811 crow-iron1817 dog1825 pinchbar1837 jimmy1848 stick1848 pry bar1872 peiser1873 nail bar1929 cane1930 1929 Eng. Rev. July 109 Something wrong with that darned crown-block. Slim, take a nail-bar and see if you can fix it. 1967 Victoria (Texas) Advocate 12 Oct. 5/7 The door of the building was pried open with what appeared to be a large nail bar. 2008 Irish Independent (Nexis) 30 Dec. Two members of staff..were tied up after four masked men carrying a nail bar and lump hammer entered the premises at about 4.20am. 3. Originally Australian. An establishment where manicures, pedicures, and other cosmetic treatments for the nails are carried out, typically a small beauty salon or a counter within a larger store.In quot. 1971, a facility in a club providing the equipment for members to treat their own nails. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > [noun] > places of beautification beauty parlour1881 beauty shop1890 beauty salon1906 salon1913 nail bar1971 1971 Now (Potts Point, New South Wales) No. 51. 8/3 (advt.) Amongst the services we provide..are..our free nail bar, providing remover, nail polish, files and hand cream, and a welcome seat where you can collapse and repair the trauma of a chipped or broken nail, between office and date! 1984 Canberra Times 8 Dec. 37/5 (advt.) Nail sculpturer... We require a self-motivated person with a bright personality to work in our new nail bar. 2008 R. Bridge You can do it Too (2010) iii. 27 [The company]..now has 40 nail bars in Britain, most of them located within department stores. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2021). < n.1817 |
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