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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
nail \nail\, v. t. imp. p. p. nailed n=ald; p. pr.
vb. n. nailing. as. naeglian. see nail, n.
1. to fasten with a nail or nails; to close up or secure by
means of nails; as, to nail boards to the beams.
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he is now dead, and nailed in his chest. --chaucer.
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2. to stud or boss with nails, or as with nails.
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the rivets of your arms were nailed with gold.
--dryden.
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3. to fasten, as with a nail; to bind or hold, as to a
bargain or to acquiescence in an argument or assertion;
hence, to catch; to trap.
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when they came to talk of places in town, you saw at
once how i nailed them. --goldsmith.
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4. to spike, as a cannon. obs. --crabb.
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to nail an assertion or to nail a lie, etc., to detect
and expose it, so as to put a stop to its currency; -- an
expression probably derived from the former practice of
shopkeepers, who were accustomed to nail bad or
counterfeit pieces of money to the counter.
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see also:
nailed nailing nail to nail an assertion to nail a lie
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