nailern.

Brit.

/ˈneɪlə/, U.S.

/ˈneɪlər/

Forms: Middle English nailere (as surname), Middle English naylere (as surname), Middle English nayller, Middle English nayllur (as surname), Middle English neyler (as surname), Middle English (as surname) 1700s– nailer, Middle English–1600s nayler, 1500s–1700s naylor, 1700s–1800s nailor.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: nail n., -er suffix¹, nail v.

Etymology: In sense 1 < nail n. + -er suffix¹; in later senses < nail v. + -er suffix¹.Attested earlier as a surname.

a. A person who makes nails; a nail-maker. Now historical.

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

1274 in G. Fransson Middle Eng. Surnames (1935) 149 (MED) Ric. le Neyler.

1310 in G. Otto Handwerkernamen in Mittelengl. (1938) 82 (MED) Nayler.

1417 in E. F. Jacob & H. C. Johnson Reg. Henry Chichele (1937) II. 122 (MED) Testamentum Thome Balescot alias dicti Parker de Coventr, nayller.

a1450 York Plays (1885) 146 (title) (MED) The Gyrdillers and Naylers.

a1552 J. Leland Itinerary (1711) IV. 89 There be many Smithes in the Towne..and a great many Naylors.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Cloutier, a nayler, a nayle-smith; a seller or maker of nayles.

1665 D. Dudley Mettallum Martis sig. E4 Twenty thousand Smiths or Naylors at the least dwelling near these parts.

1716 Boston News-let. 18 June 2/2 Arrived from Ireland..Naylors, Lock Smiths, Currier, [etc.].

1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations I. i. i. 10 A smith..whose..business has not been that of a nailer, can seldom..make more than eight hundred or a thousand nails in a day.

1831 J. Holland Treat. Manuf. Metal I. 170 The nailors in general furnish them both better and cheaper than the smiths can make them.

1871 G. H. Napheys Prevention & Cure Dis. i. viii. 224 Nailers' consumption, a form of chronic pneumonia.

1943 Sun (Baltimore) 30 Nov. 10/5 Representatives of early nail-making firms in Pennsylvania and New Jersey..sought to persuade ‘nailers’ like himself to settle near their factories.

1993 Dict. National Biogr.: Missing Persons 228/2 Foley, Richard..ironmaster, was baptized in Dudley.., the son of Richard Foley, nailer.

b. In similes indicating tenacity or hard work: like a nailer (also nailers), as busy as a nailer.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > care or carefulness [phrase] > diligently or industriously

like a nailer (also nailers)1857

the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > occupied or busy [phrase]

at work?1440

at it1609

in (full) play1669

on the run1795

on the trot1822

on the hop1863

on the job1882

for (or on) the (high) jump1884

as busy as a nailer1899

1857 J. G. Holland Bay-path x. 120 Yes, he did and he stuck to it like a nailer.

1899 Harper's Mag. Sept. 510 Thady..bein' kept as busy as a nailer.

1937 J. P. Marquand Late George Apley xxvii. 308 They have stood by you like nailers through this thing.

1987 C. Nolan Under Eye of Clock (1988) viii Joseph Meeham was busy as a nailer on the approach to the Burren.

a. A person who or thing which drives in nails (in quot. 1658 in figurative use).

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific tools or equipment > [noun] > with nails, rivets, or spikes

riveter1307

driver1769

nailer1803

spiker1884

1658 R. Brathwait Honest Ghost 321 Nailer, one that hits the naile oth' Head.

1803 Naval Chron. 9 73 The Tonnant..was coppered by several gangs of punchers and nailers.

1809 E. A. Kendall Trav. Northern Parts U.S. I. xxiii. 227 The inhabitants are principally artificers, as nailers, joiners and cartwrights.

1884 Times 8 Jan. 2/6 A personage well known among the nailers of Cradley and Halesowen.

1912 in Jrnl. Polit. Econ. (1914) 22 54 I can have the welter and not have the lasting machine..or I can have the nailer and not have the welter.

1991 Construction Weekly 18 Sept. 27/4 The cordless power nailer can drive galvanised nails with a head diameter of over 7mm.

2009 N. Baker Anthologist xi. 176 We all wanted to sound like good nailers, and we all did sound like good nailers—and I think we were content in the midst of that happy racket.

b. Building. = nailing strip n. at nailing n. Compounds 2.Earliest in compound.

ΚΠ

1946 Wall St. Jrnl. 26 Mar. 12/6 (advt.) Roof is supported by steel bar joists with wooden nailers attached.

1947 N.Y. Times 3 Aug. r3/1 The standard..provides for the use of nailer joists, with or without wood strip attached.

1980 Family Handyman Sept. 8/1 The major pitfall is noting that the nailers which run horizontally to the door frame are only ¾″ material.

1994 Builder (Nexis) Jan. 222 Carpenters..removed foam strips wherever they wanted nailers.

2001 Washington Post (Nexis) 19 Apr. (Home section) 4 The plan is to build a three-side box frame and mount it on a nailing strip screwed to the ceiling joists. The upper sides of the box are fastened to the edges of the nailer, concealing it completely.

3. Extended uses. slang.

a. [Perhaps compare nail v. 6.] A very efficient or effective person or thing; a person who is exceptionally good at something. Cf. nailing adj. 1b, corker n. 2b. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [noun] > excellent person or thing

carbunclea1350

swanc1386

phoenixc1400

diamondc1440

broocha1464

surmounterc1500

sovereign?a1513

primrose peerless1523

superlative1577

transcendent1593

Arabian birda1616

crack1637

first rate1681

peach1710

phoenicle1711

admiration1717

spanker1751

first-raterc1760

no slouch of1767

nailer1806

tip-topper1822

ripper1825

ripstaver1828

apotheosis1832

clinker1836

clipper1836

bird1839

keener1839

ripsnorter1840

beater1845

firecracker1845

pumpkin1845

screamer1846

stunner1847

bottler1855

beaut1866

bobby-dazzler1866

one out of the box1867

stem-winder1875

corker1877

trimmer1878

hot stuff1884

daisy1886

jim-dandy1887

cracker1891

jim-hickey1895

peacherino1896

pippin1897

alpha plus1898

peacherine1900

pip1900

humdinger1905

bosker1906

hummer1907

good egg1914

superstar1914

the berries1918

bee's knee1923

the cat's whiskers1923

smash1923

smash hit1923

brahma1925

dilly1935

piss-cutter1935

killer1937

killer-diller1938

a hard act to follow1942

peacheroo1942

bitch1946

brammerc1950

hot shit1960

Tiffany1973

bollocks1981

1806 H. Macneill Poet. Wks. (new ed.) I. 127 A vet'ran Scot spoiled Egypt's plot! Ah! pangs!—that was a nailer!

1883 M. E. Kennard Right Sort v. 48 That young roan mare who carried you so brilliantly through the run... She's a nailer!

1897 W. Rye Songs Norfolk 133 Edward, Lord Suffield was a nailer at sprint running.

1953 L. P. Hartley Go-between (1958) xi. 128 You should make him run errands for you, Burgess, he's a nailer at that.

b. [compare nail v. 5a.] A police officer, detective. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > [noun] > policeman

truncheon officer1708

runner1735

horny1753

nibbing-cull1775

nabbing-cull1780

police officer1784

police constable1787

policeman1788

scout1789

nabman1792

nabber1795

pig1811

Bow-street officer1812

nab1813

peeler1816

split1819

grunter1823

robin redbreast1824

bulky1828

raw (or unboiled) lobster1829

Johnny Darm1830

polis1833

crusher1835

constable1839

police1839

agent1841

johndarm1843

blue boy1844

bobby1844

bluebottle1845

copper1846

blue1848

polisman1850

blue coat1851

Johnny1851

PC1851

spot1851

Jack1854

truncheonist1854

fly1857

greycoat1857

cop1859

Cossack1859

slop1859

scuffer1860

nailerc1863

worm1864

Robert1870

reeler1879

minion of the law1882

ginger pop1887

rozzer1888

nark1890

bull1893

grasshopper1893

truncheon-bearer1896

John1898

finger1899

flatty1899

mug1903

John Dunn1904

John Hop1905

gendarme1906

Johnny Hop1908

pavement pounder1908

buttons1911

flat-foot1913

pounder1919

Hop1923

bogy1925

shamus1925

heat1928

fuzz1929

law1929

narker1932

roach1932

jonnop1938

grass1939

roller1940

Babylon1943

walloper1945

cozzer1950

Old Bill1958

cowboy1959

monaych1961

cozzpot1962

policeperson1965

woolly1965

Fed1966

wolly1970

plod1971

roz1971

Smokey Bear1974

bear1975

beast1978

woodentop1981

Five-O1983

dibble1990

Bow-street runner-

c1863 T. Taylor in M. R. Booth Eng. Plays of 19th Cent. (1969) II. 84 Then there's the Nailer's been after me... What, Hawkshaw, the 'cutest detective in the force?

1935 A. J. Pollock Underworld Speaks 79/1 Nailer, a uniformed police officer.

1960 Times Lit. Suppl. 16 Sept. 589/4 The Scene is written by a junkie..who was snitched by a flip, busted by the nailers and after a stretch in the pen cold turkeyed.

Compounds

nailer joist n. a joist to which a nailing strip is attached.

ΚΠ

1966 Random House Dict. Eng. Lang. Nailer joist, a steel joist having a permanently attached nailing strip, as for nailing down wooden flooring.

† nailer-lad n. Obsolete rare = sense 1a.

ΚΠ

1847 H. Miller First Impressions Eng. viii. 145 The nailer-lads were frequently refused..permission.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nailer
释义	nailern. Brit. /ˈneɪlə/, U.S. /ˈneɪlər/ Forms: Middle English nailere (as surname), Middle English naylere (as surname), Middle English nayller, Middle English nayllur (as surname), Middle English neyler (as surname), Middle English (as surname) 1700s– nailer, Middle English–1600s nayler, 1500s–1700s naylor, 1700s–1800s nailor. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: nail n., -er suffix¹, nail v. Etymology: In sense 1 < nail n. + -er suffix¹; in later senses < nail v. + -er suffix¹.Attested earlier as a surname. 1. a. A person who makes nails; a nail-maker. Now historical. 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 1274 in G. Fransson Middle Eng. Surnames (1935) 149 (MED) Ric. le Neyler. 1310 in G. Otto Handwerkernamen in Mittelengl. (1938) 82 (MED) Nayler. 1417 in E. F. Jacob & H. C. Johnson Reg. Henry Chichele (1937) II. 122 (MED) Testamentum Thome Balescot alias dicti Parker de Coventr, nayller. a1450 York Plays (1885) 146 (title) (MED) The Gyrdillers and Naylers. a1552 J. Leland Itinerary (1711) IV. 89 There be many Smithes in the Towne..and a great many Naylors. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Cloutier, a nayler, a nayle-smith; a seller or maker of nayles. 1665 D. Dudley Mettallum Martis sig. E4 Twenty thousand Smiths or Naylors at the least dwelling near these parts. 1716 Boston News-let. 18 June 2/2 Arrived from Ireland..Naylors, Lock Smiths, Currier, [etc.]. 1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations I. i. i. 10 A smith..whose..business has not been that of a nailer, can seldom..make more than eight hundred or a thousand nails in a day. View more context for this quotation 1831 J. Holland Treat. Manuf. Metal I. 170 The nailors in general furnish them both better and cheaper than the smiths can make them. 1871 G. H. Napheys Prevention & Cure Dis. i. viii. 224 Nailers' consumption, a form of chronic pneumonia. 1943 Sun (Baltimore) 30 Nov. 10/5 Representatives of early nail-making firms in Pennsylvania and New Jersey..sought to persuade ‘nailers’ like himself to settle near their factories. 1993 Dict. National Biogr.: Missing Persons 228/2 Foley, Richard..ironmaster, was baptized in Dudley.., the son of Richard Foley, nailer. b. In similes indicating tenacity or hard work: like a nailer (also nailers), as busy as a nailer. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > care or carefulness [phrase] > diligently or industriously like a nailer (also nailers)1857 the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > occupied or busy [phrase] at work?1440 at it1609 in (full) play1669 on the run1795 on the trot1822 on the hop1863 on the job1882 for (or on) the (high) jump1884 as busy as a nailer1899 1857 J. G. Holland Bay-path x. 120 Yes, he did and he stuck to it like a nailer. 1899 Harper's Mag. Sept. 510 Thady..bein' kept as busy as a nailer. 1937 J. P. Marquand Late George Apley xxvii. 308 They have stood by you like nailers through this thing. 1987 C. Nolan Under Eye of Clock (1988) viii Joseph Meeham was busy as a nailer on the approach to the Burren. 2. a. A person who or thing which drives in nails (in quot. 1658 in figurative use). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific tools or equipment > [noun] > with nails, rivets, or spikes riveter1307 driver1769 nailer1803 spiker1884 1658 R. Brathwait Honest Ghost 321 Nailer, one that hits the naile oth' Head. 1803 Naval Chron. 9 73 The Tonnant..was coppered by several gangs of punchers and nailers. 1809 E. A. Kendall Trav. Northern Parts U.S. I. xxiii. 227 The inhabitants are principally artificers, as nailers, joiners and cartwrights. 1884 Times 8 Jan. 2/6 A personage well known among the nailers of Cradley and Halesowen. 1912 in Jrnl. Polit. Econ. (1914) 22 54 I can have the welter and not have the lasting machine..or I can have the nailer and not have the welter. 1991 Construction Weekly 18 Sept. 27/4 The cordless power nailer can drive galvanised nails with a head diameter of over 7mm. 2009 N. Baker Anthologist xi. 176 We all wanted to sound like good nailers, and we all did sound like good nailers—and I think we were content in the midst of that happy racket. b. Building. = nailing strip n. at nailing n. Compounds 2.Earliest in compound. ΚΠ 1946 Wall St. Jrnl. 26 Mar. 12/6 (advt.) Roof is supported by steel bar joists with wooden nailers attached. 1947 N.Y. Times 3 Aug. r3/1 The standard..provides for the use of nailer joists, with or without wood strip attached. 1980 Family Handyman Sept. 8/1 The major pitfall is noting that the nailers which run horizontally to the door frame are only ¾″ material. 1994 Builder (Nexis) Jan. 222 Carpenters..removed foam strips wherever they wanted nailers. 2001 Washington Post (Nexis) 19 Apr. (Home section) 4 The plan is to build a three-side box frame and mount it on a nailing strip screwed to the ceiling joists. The upper sides of the box are fastened to the edges of the nailer, concealing it completely. 3. Extended uses. slang. a. [Perhaps compare nail v. 6.] A very efficient or effective person or thing; a person who is exceptionally good at something. Cf. nailing adj. 1b, corker n. 2b. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [noun] > excellent person or thing carbunclea1350 swanc1386 phoenixc1400 diamondc1440 broocha1464 surmounterc1500 sovereign?a1513 primrose peerless1523 superlative1577 transcendent1593 Arabian birda1616 crack1637 first rate1681 peach1710 phoenicle1711 admiration1717 spanker1751 first-raterc1760 no slouch of1767 nailer1806 tip-topper1822 ripper1825 ripstaver1828 apotheosis1832 clinker1836 clipper1836 bird1839 keener1839 ripsnorter1840 beater1845 firecracker1845 pumpkin1845 screamer1846 stunner1847 bottler1855 beaut1866 bobby-dazzler1866 one out of the box1867 stem-winder1875 corker1877 trimmer1878 hot stuff1884 daisy1886 jim-dandy1887 cracker1891 jim-hickey1895 peacherino1896 pippin1897 alpha plus1898 peacherine1900 pip1900 humdinger1905 bosker1906 hummer1907 good egg1914 superstar1914 the berries1918 bee's knee1923 the cat's whiskers1923 smash1923 smash hit1923 brahma1925 dilly1935 piss-cutter1935 killer1937 killer-diller1938 a hard act to follow1942 peacheroo1942 bitch1946 brammerc1950 hot shit1960 Tiffany1973 bollocks1981 1806 H. Macneill Poet. Wks. (new ed.) I. 127 A vet'ran Scot spoiled Egypt's plot! Ah! pangs!—that was a nailer! 1883 M. E. Kennard Right Sort v. 48 That young roan mare who carried you so brilliantly through the run... She's a nailer! 1897 W. Rye Songs Norfolk 133 Edward, Lord Suffield was a nailer at sprint running. 1953 L. P. Hartley Go-between (1958) xi. 128 You should make him run errands for you, Burgess, he's a nailer at that. b. [compare nail v. 5a.] A police officer, detective. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > [noun] > policeman truncheon officer1708 runner1735 horny1753 nibbing-cull1775 nabbing-cull1780 police officer1784 police constable1787 policeman1788 scout1789 nabman1792 nabber1795 pig1811 Bow-street officer1812 nab1813 peeler1816 split1819 grunter1823 robin redbreast1824 bulky1828 raw (or unboiled) lobster1829 Johnny Darm1830 polis1833 crusher1835 constable1839 police1839 agent1841 johndarm1843 blue boy1844 bobby1844 bluebottle1845 copper1846 blue1848 polisman1850 blue coat1851 Johnny1851 PC1851 spot1851 Jack1854 truncheonist1854 fly1857 greycoat1857 cop1859 Cossack1859 slop1859 scuffer1860 nailerc1863 worm1864 Robert1870 reeler1879 minion of the law1882 ginger pop1887 rozzer1888 nark1890 bull1893 grasshopper1893 truncheon-bearer1896 John1898 finger1899 flatty1899 mug1903 John Dunn1904 John Hop1905 gendarme1906 Johnny Hop1908 pavement pounder1908 buttons1911 flat-foot1913 pounder1919 Hop1923 bogy1925 shamus1925 heat1928 fuzz1929 law1929 narker1932 roach1932 jonnop1938 grass1939 roller1940 Babylon1943 walloper1945 cozzer1950 Old Bill1958 cowboy1959 monaych1961 cozzpot1962 policeperson1965 woolly1965 Fed1966 wolly1970 plod1971 roz1971 Smokey Bear1974 bear1975 beast1978 woodentop1981 Five-O1983 dibble1990 Bow-street runner- c1863 T. Taylor in M. R. Booth Eng. Plays of 19th Cent. (1969) II. 84 Then there's the Nailer's been after me... What, Hawkshaw, the 'cutest detective in the force? 1935 A. J. Pollock Underworld Speaks 79/1 Nailer, a uniformed police officer. 1960 Times Lit. Suppl. 16 Sept. 589/4 The Scene is written by a junkie..who was snitched by a flip, busted by the nailers and after a stretch in the pen cold turkeyed. Compounds nailer joist n. a joist to which a nailing strip is attached. ΚΠ 1966 Random House Dict. Eng. Lang. Nailer joist, a steel joist having a permanently attached nailing strip, as for nailing down wooden flooring. † nailer-lad n. Obsolete rare = sense 1a. ΚΠ 1847 H. Miller First Impressions Eng. viii. 145 The nailer-lads were frequently refused..permission. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1274
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