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ˈnail-rod
Also nail rod, nailrod.
[f. nail n. + rod n.]
1. a. A strip or rod of iron from which nails are cut.
1761Kinnersley in Phil. Trans. LIII. 95 The conductor..consisted of square iron nail rods. 1810in Ure Dict. Arts (1839) 875 Rolling and slitting-mills..also serve to make nail rods. 1876Voyle & Stevenson Milit. Dict. 268/2 Plates rolled for the purpose, and then slit by means of slitting rollers into nail rods. 1887Pall Mall Gaz. 22 May 12/1 Rolled bar iron, and..nail rods.
fig.1858Carlyle Fredk. Gt. vii. ix. (1872) II. 342 The thread-paper Duchess of Kendal.., poor old anatomy or lean human nailrod.
b. Without article, as a material.
1869Rep. Comm. Agric. 1868 (U.S. Dept. Agric.) 433 The most convenient method of destroying the bugs is by using a pair of tongs made of nail-rod. 1892Daily News 15 Feb. 7/3 There is a good demand for nailrod. 1900Ibid. 24 Sept. 8/7 Nail-rod and rivet-iron.
2. transf., chiefly in Australasian use: Coarse dark tobacco in the form of a thin roll or stick.
1886N. Zealand Herald 8 Nov. 7/3 Nailrod and 1lb bars..with a full assortment of Havana..Cigars. 1890A. J. Vogan Black Police 200 He hands our black friend a piece of ‘nailrod’ with which to charge his evening pipe. 1896H. Lawson While the Billy boils 118 ‘You can give me half-a-pound of nailrod’, he said, in a quiet tone. 1896L. Tracy Final War xi. 77 Then joy prevailed, and the fumes of nail-rod mingled in the breeze with the strains of ‘Annie Laurie’. |