单词 | rose nail |
释义 | rose nailn. A wrought nail having a round head made with, or cut into, triangular facets. Cf. rose head n. 2, rose-headed adj. 1. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > nail > with faceted head rose nail1367 rose1737 rose head1808 rose clench1832 1367 in D. Yaxley Researcher's Gloss. Hist. Documents E. Anglia (2003) 137 Rosenayl & Dornayl xiiijd. 1589 in H. L. Blackmore Armouries of Tower of London (1976) I. 277 Rose nayles. 1609 Rates Marchandizes sig. C4 Copper-nailes, Rose-nailes, & Sadlers nailes ye sum, cont. ten thousand, vj.s.viij.d. 1640 Tables Rates & Duties in J. Entick New Hist. London (1766) II. 177 Chair nails, Copper nails, rose nails, and saddle nails. 1660 Rates of Merchandise 29 Copper nailes, Rose nailes, and Sadlers nailes. 1703 R. Neve City & Countrey Purchaser 212 Rose Nails..are drawn four-square in the Shank. 1852 C. Tomlinson Cycl. Useful Arts (1854) II. 308/1 Rose nails are made from 1½ to 40 lbs. per thousand. 1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) IV. 12/1 ‘A ten-pound rose’ would signify a rose-nail, of which a thousand would weigh ten pounds. 1922 Commerce Rep. (U.S.) 9 Oct. 128/1 Hardware, such as wood screws, wire nails, rose nails, bolts and nuts. 1983 Americas 40 38 Iron rose nails excavated at San José. 2005 M. McCarthy Ships' Fastenings App., 171 It is generally accepted that the diamond head of a wrought nail generally had six facets instead of the four found on rose nails. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1367 |
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