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单词 hand nail
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hand nail
hand nail n. (a) any one of the nails of the hand (sometimes as opposed to the foot); = fingernail n.; (b) a handmade nail (now rare); (c) a nail designed to be driven into place manually, rather than with a nail gun.Apparently unattested between the Old English period and the 18th cent.
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eOE Metrical Charm: For Water-Elf Disease (Royal 12 D.xvii) 1 Gif mon biþ on wæterælfadle, þonne beoþ him þa handnæglas wonne.
1772 Gentleman's Mag. Feb. 92/2 The flesh, hair, and toe and hand nails, were as perfect..as though he [sc. Thomas Beaufort, d. 1427] had not been dead six hours.
1872 Med. Times & Gaz. 2 Nov. 503/2 The Chinese..are in the habit..of wearing ridiculously long hand-nails.
1880 Iron 27 Feb. 148/1 Between 1825 and 1840, 50,000 men were employed in making hand nails. Now, the number has fallen to 20,000, the machine nails supplanting hand nails.
1912 Industr. World 23 Sept. 1145/1 (heading) Machine nails and hand nails.
1927 Chron.-Telegram (Elyria, Ohio) 15 Apr. 6/7 (advt.) Oil manicure for hand nails.
2001 P. Tassoni Caring for Children v. 93/3 Toe and hand nails must be cut using baby scissors.
2006 B. Hodge Building your Straw Bale Home iii. 35 As previously mentioned, gun nails are 3 mm thick whereas hand nails are 3.75 mm thick.
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