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单词 nail-rod
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nail-rodn.

Brit. /ˈneɪlrɒd/, U.S. /ˈneɪlˌrɑd/
Forms: see nail n. and rod n.1
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: nail n., rod n.1
Etymology: < nail n. + rod n.1
1.
a. A strip or rod of iron from which nails are cut. Also figurative. Now chiefly historical.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > iron > [noun] > strip of iron > from which nails are cut
nail-rod1677
nail-plate1797
nail-strip1863
1677 in G. F. Dow Probate Rec. Essex County, Mass. (1920) III. 186 Skalls & waights & hammer & naile rod, 14s.
1764 Philos. Trans. 1763 (Royal Soc.) 53 95 The conductor..consisted of square iron nail rods.
1810 in A. Ure Dict. Arts (1839) 875 Rolling and slitting-mills..also serve to make nail rods.
1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. vii. ix. 286 The threadpaper Duchess of Kendal.., poor old anatomy or lean human nailrod.
1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 22 May 12/1 Rolled bar iron, and..nail rods.
1965 E. Tunis Colonial Craftsmen vi. 154 The other eighth went to the rolling-and-slitting mill to be made into nail rods.
1989 S. Mills & P. Riemer Mills of Gloucestershire ii. 37 This presumably involved the slitting of rolled plates into bars, these being converted into nail-rods.
b. As a mass noun: iron from which nail-rods are made, as a raw material. Now rare.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > iron > [noun] > type of iron > bar-iron > types of
osmund1295
ozimus1550
nail-rod1774
bolt-iron1793
hoop-iron1820
hooping1823
mill bar1839
larget1852
wire iron1952
1774 T. Jefferson Memorandum Bks. 10 Dec. (1997) I. 382 Wrote..for 1000. lb [‘lb’ struck through] nail rod iron.
1807 in C. R. Lounsbury Illustr. Gloss. Early Southern Archit. & Landscape (1994) 239 We shall be wanting nail rod soon as it can't be got here.
1869 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Agric. 1868 433 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (40th Congr., 3rd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc.) XV The most convenient method of destroying the bugs is by using a pair of tongs made of nail-rod.
1892 Daily News 15 Feb. 7/3 There is a good demand for nailrod.
1922 Amer. Jrnl. Internat. Law 16 108 Nailrod, Bars, Twisted or Deformed Bars.
2. Originally U.S. (in later use chiefly Australian and New Zealand). Coarse dark tobacco in the form of a thin roll or stick.
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the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > [noun] > tobacco in a roll, cake, or stick
cane-tobacco1600
pudding tobacco1601
roll1602
tobacco roll1602
canea1612
pudding-packa1618
prick1666
pigtail1681
nova1688
prick tobacco1688
plug1729
plug tobacco1788
twist1791
carrot1808
cavendish1839
nail-rod1848
hard1865
twist tobacco1894
1848 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms 358 Among the host of names given to the weed according to the various modes in which it is prepared for chewing are,..Plug, Oronoko leaf, Nail-rod or 32's, Roll, Fine spun [etc.].
1886 N.Z. Herald 8 Nov. 7/3 Nailrod and 1lb bars..with a full assortment of Havana..Cigars.
1896 L. Tracy Final War xi. 77 Then joy prevailed, and the fumes of nail-rod mingled in the breeze with the strains of ‘Annie Laurie’.
1900 R. Bruce Benbonuna (1904) 139 Producing as he spoke some sticks of ‘nailrod’ from a leather pouch.
1967 J. Stuart Part of Glory 157 I could smoke or leave it alone, and as the jail weed was ‘nail rod’ or ‘sheep dip’ I left it severely alone.
1979 R. Stow Visitants i. 47 He lay on yellowed sheets, in a grey bed, puffing the smoke of his nailrod tobacco at a ceiling that was a mirror-image of the floor.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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