单词 | nailery |
释义 | naileryn. A workshop or factory for the manufacture of nails. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > workplace > place where specific things are made > [noun] > others coal pitOE wireworks1598 alum works1617 copperas-worka1661 saltpetre house1683 nailery1802 railworks1863 lockworks1864 sulphur-work1870 tack-mill1884 pitch-boilery1885 rubber plant1886 soot house1957 1771 T. Pennant Tour Scotl. 1769 201 Near the bridge is a large alms-house, a vast nailery, a stone-ware manufacture, [etc.]. 1802 T. Jefferson in Harper's Mag. (1885) Mar. 539/1 Profits of nailery. 1847 H. Miller First Impressions Eng. viii. 145 The sole workers in the nailery were two fresh-coloured, good-looking young girls. 1895 Edinb. Rev. July 223 The naileries, the shipping and the shopkeeping of his native town. 1966 E. M. Betts & J. A. Bear Family Lett. Thomas Jefferson 192 In 1794 TJ established a nailery at Monticello. 1991 B. Howell Dandelion Days 143 We went round the corner out of the way only to find the lads from the nailery there. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1771 |
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