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nailed, ppl. a.|neɪld|
[f. nail v. + -ed1.]
1. Fastened, studded, or constructed with nails; having the form of nails (quot. 1853).
Beowulf 2023 Hio næᵹled sinc hæleðum sealde. c960O.E. Chron. (Parker MS.) an. 937 ᵹewitan him þa Norþmen næᵹled cnearrum. a1000Cædmon's Gen. 1433 (Gr.), Hwonne hie of nearwe ofer næᵹled bord..stæppan mosten. 1607Topsell Four-f. Beasts (1658) 390 By touching the stick she bringeth down the pikes and sharp nailed boards upon her own body and back. 1657G. Thornley Daphnis & Chloe 38 The Theeves had their Swords on, with their scaled and nailed Corslets. 1823in Cobbett Rur. Rides (1885) I. 291 The parson could not attempt to begin, till the rattling of their nailed shoes ceased. 1853Humphreys Coin-coll. Man. xviii. 231 The letters termed by numismatists nailed letters{ddd}They have the addition of a small knob at the extremities. [1885J. B. Davidson in Athenæum 3 Oct. 435/2 The Northmen fled in their nailed barks over the roaring sea back to Dublin and Ireland.]
b. With advbs., as nailed-on; also nailed-up, an epithet recently applied to dramas of loose construction without literary or artistic value.
1683Moxon Mech. Exerc., Printing xxiv. ⁋19 He..doubles the loose half of the Leather over the remaining Nail'd-on half. 1894Westm. Gaz. 24 Apr. 2/1 One of the most inept ‘nailed up’ dramas..that ever faced the foot⁓lights. 1895Times (weekly ed.) 312/3 A sample of what the Americans call the ‘nailed-up’ drama.
2. Provided with (finger or toe) nails.
a1300Body & Soul in Map's Poems (Camden) 338 Scharpe clauwes, long nayled. c1440Promp. Parv. 350/2 Nayled, as fyngers, or toos [P. nayled on fyngers], unguatus. 1611Cotgr., Onglé, nayled; hoofed. 1828Lights & Shades II. 192 Hands white, long-fingered, acorn-nailed. 1894M. Dyan All in Man's Keeping (1899) 87 The long-nailed black hand of his..dusky attendant. |