nail-makingn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈneɪlˌmeɪkɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈneɪlˌmeɪkɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: nail n., making n.¹

Etymology: < nail n. + making n.¹

Now chiefly historical.

A. n.

The manufacture of nails; = nailing n. 1b.With quot. 1887 cf. nailer n. 1b.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > making tools, equipment, or fastenings > [noun] > making nails

nailing1570

nail-making1794

1794 T. Jefferson Let. 30 Oct. in Papers (2000) XXVIII. 183 I am..immersed in farming and nail-making.

1795 T. Jefferson Let. 29 Apr. in Writings (1984) 1029 My new trade of nail-making is to me in this country what an additional title of nobility or the ensigns of a new order are in Europe.

1830 N. Amer. Rev. Oct. 382 They had all the world before them in which to choose their place..of labor in nail-making.

1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. II. 1508/2 Machinery for splitting rods for nail-making was first introduced in Sweden.

1887 P. McNeill Blawearie 153 Right and left at it we went as hard as nail-making.

1965 J. Needham Sci. & Civilisation in China IV. ii. 60 Patterns or templates for nail-making.

1992 J. Rule Albion's People 192 No more did they do so in the Black Country 's nail-making trade, where the family 's output depended upon women as well as men working at the anvil.

B. adj.

That makes or manufactures nails.

ΚΠ

1812 T. Coxe Let. 8 Dec. in Statement Arts & Manuf. U.S. (1814) p. xxxi Pennsylvania, the greatest nail-making state, produces at the rate of nine pounds of nails for each person in the state.

1845 Encycl. Metrop. VIII. 688/1 Various patented inventions for nail-making machinery.

1864 Sci. Amer. Apr. 242/1 A million dollars had..been expended on bringing nail-making machinery to perfection.

1912 Dict. National Biogr. 1901–11 I. 229/2 He investigated the hardships attending..employment..in the heavy industries..(producing in the House of Commons in 1883 one of the nail-making machines to illustrate his speech on the subject).

1954 Jrnl. Southern Hist. 20 349 Several nail-making machines were added by 1841.

2001 Boston Globe (Nexis) 8 Nov. (Globe South section) 1 With only a few nail-making machines going at full tilt the noise is still deafening.

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

单词	nail-making
释义	nail-makingn.adj. Brit. /ˈneɪlˌmeɪkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈneɪlˌmeɪkɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: nail n., making n.¹ Etymology: < nail n. + making n.¹ Now chiefly historical. A. n. The manufacture of nails; = nailing n. 1b.With quot. 1887 cf. nailer n. 1b. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > making tools, equipment, or fastenings > [noun] > making nails nailing1570 nail-making1794 1794 T. Jefferson Let. 30 Oct. in Papers (2000) XXVIII. 183 I am..immersed in farming and nail-making. 1795 T. Jefferson Let. 29 Apr. in Writings (1984) 1029 My new trade of nail-making is to me in this country what an additional title of nobility or the ensigns of a new order are in Europe. 1830 N. Amer. Rev. Oct. 382 They had all the world before them in which to choose their place..of labor in nail-making. 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. II. 1508/2 Machinery for splitting rods for nail-making was first introduced in Sweden. 1887 P. McNeill Blawearie 153 Right and left at it we went as hard as nail-making. 1965 J. Needham Sci. & Civilisation in China IV. ii. 60 Patterns or templates for nail-making. 1992 J. Rule Albion's People 192 No more did they do so in the Black Country 's nail-making trade, where the family 's output depended upon women as well as men working at the anvil. B. adj. That makes or manufactures nails. ΚΠ 1812 T. Coxe Let. 8 Dec. in Statement Arts & Manuf. U.S. (1814) p. xxxi Pennsylvania, the greatest nail-making state, produces at the rate of nine pounds of nails for each person in the state. 1845 Encycl. Metrop. VIII. 688/1 Various patented inventions for nail-making machinery. 1864 Sci. Amer. Apr. 242/1 A million dollars had..been expended on bringing nail-making machinery to perfection. 1912 Dict. National Biogr. 1901–11 I. 229/2 He investigated the hardships attending..employment..in the heavy industries..(producing in the House of Commons in 1883 one of the nail-making machines to illustrate his speech on the subject). 1954 Jrnl. Southern Hist. 20 349 Several nail-making machines were added by 1841. 2001 Boston Globe (Nexis) 8 Nov. (Globe South section) 1 With only a few nail-making machines going at full tilt the noise is still deafening. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1794
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