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11nail up — To close or fasten with or as if with nails • • • Main Entry: ↑nail …
12Nail — (spr. Neht), 1) englisches Längenmaß = 21/2 Inches (Zoll); 2) Zollgewicht, in England = 6,53 Zollpfund, in Belgien 5, 42 Zollpfund …
13Nail — (engl., spr. nēl, »Nagel«), engl. Längenmaß für Manufakturwaren, = 1/4 Quarter oder 21/4 Inches …
14Nail — (engl., spr. nehl), Tuchmaß = 5,7 cm …
15Nail — (nehl), Wollgewicht in England = 6,53, in Brüssel u. Antwerpen = 5,42 Zollpfd …
16Nail — (engelsk, negl), engelsk længdemål for manufakturvarer, = 1/10 yard = 2 1/4 inch = 57,149 millim …
17Nail — Patronyme assez fréquent en Mayenne. C est un nom de personne d origine germanique, Nahilo (< nah = suffisant) …
18nail — nailless, adj. naillike, adj. /nayl/, n. 1. a slender, typically rod shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and… …
19nail — nail1 S3 [neıl] n [: Old English; Origin: nAgl] 1.) a thin pointed piece of metal with a flat top, which you hit into a surface with a hammer, for example to join things together or to hang something on ▪ The key was hanging on a nail by the door …
20nail — ▪ I. nail nail 1 [neɪl] verb [transitive] informal to catch someone and prove that they are guilty of a crime or of doing something bad: • The government spent vast resources in an unsuccessful effort to nail him on felony charges. nail down… …
