| 单词 | nail-maker | 
| 释义 | nail-makern. Now chiefly historical.   A person who makes nails, esp. as an occupation; = nailer n. 1a. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > makers of other articles > 			[noun]		 > of nails nailer1274 nail-maker1530 nail-smith1600 nailer-lad1847 1530    J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 186  				Clovtier, a nayle maker. 1755    S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. at Nailer  				One whose trade is to forge nails; a nail-maker. 1790    Pennsylvania Gaz. 10 Nov. 3/3  				He is..very sedate and steady, and an excellent nail-maker by trade. 1839    A. Ure Dict. Arts 877  				The same sorts of operations..as are usually performed by the hands of a nail-maker. 1884    W. H. Greenwood Steel & Iron x. 210  				Nail rods are the square bars used by nail-makers. 1912    Biometrika 8 433  				Malignant disease of the stomach in the wife of a nail-maker. 1971    Country Life 10 June 1444/4  				In front of the loom is an old nail-maker's anvil upon which he sat to hammer the points of hand-made nails until sharp. 1998    Review 		(Rio Tinto plc)	 June 14/1  				His father..was a Quaker, locksmith and nailmaker, who also farmed..in the English midshires. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  | 
	
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