| 单词 | pump nail |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspump nail pump nail n. ΚΠ 1422–7 in S. Rose Navy of Lancastrian Kings (1982) 90 [For 3 cwt nails called] pompnaill. 1534 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1905) VI. 235 For tua hundreth pomp nale xvd. 1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 3 The Carpenter..is to haue the..pumpe-nailes, skupper-nailes and leather. 1717 W. Sutherland Prices Labour in Ship-building 136 (table) Pump Nails are such as are used to nail the Leathers on the Churn Pump Boxes and ought to be very sound. 1897 J. Conrad Nigger of ‘Narcissus’ iii. 47 Tin-tacks, copper tacks (sharp as needles), pump nails, with big heads, like tiny iron mushrooms. 1959 C. R. Boxer tr. J. B. Lavanha in Trag. Hist. Sea 134 Many Negroes brought them a quantity of milk, of which they gave a leather bag full, containing half an almude, for three or four pump nails. < as lemmas |
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