[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.
      1913 webster

            he is now dead, and nailed in his chest. --chaucer.
      1913 webster

   2. to stud or boss with nails, or as with nails.
      1913 webster

            the rivets of your arms were nailed with gold.
                                                  --dryden.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

            when they came to talk of places in town, you saw at
            once how i nailed them.               --goldsmith.
      1913 webster

   4. to spike, as a cannon. obs. --crabb.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster
see also:
nailed nailing nail to nail an assertion to nail a lie 

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