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Definition of Eightpenny
1. Adjective. Used of nail size; 2 1/2 in or 6.4 cm long.
Definition of Eightpenny
1. Adjective. Having a value or cost of eightpence. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Eightpenny
Literary usage of Eightpenny
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Extracts from the Diary of Christopher Marshall: Kept in Philadelphia and by Christopher Marshall, William Duane (1877)
"eightpenny nails, per pound, 20.00 " 18. Hind quarter of pork, per pound, $3.00 **
23. Madeira wine, per pint, 50.00 Feb. 2. Butter, per pound, 12.00 1781. ..."
2. The Architects' and Builders' Handbook: Data for Architects, Structural by Frank Eugene Kidder (1921)
"... or for 100 sq yd of lathing, ю lb threepenny r_i. i ooo sq ft of beveled
siding, 18 lb sixpenny X 000 sq it of sheathing, 20 lb eightpenny or 25 lb ..."
3. Norfolk Archaeology, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to the Antiquities of (1904)
"We see that 400 " eightpenny nails " cost 32d, and 200 " fourpenny nails " cost 8d.
Hence it follows that "eightpenny nails" are so called because they are ..."
4. The Anglo-Saxon (1849)
"You may have a six-and-eightpenny rate as well under the law of birth as the law
of inhabitancy. It was so in the agricultural districts when the Petty ..."
5. Building Construction and Superintendence by Frank Eugene Kidder (1915)
"eightpenny Cut- Fig. 563. Nail Shown in Steel Nail for ... 562 shows the eightpenny,
cut, flooring-brad in the position in which it should be held in ..."
6. Bulletin of the Department of Labor by United States Dept. of Labor (1902)
"The prices of eightpenny nails shown in Table I and subsequent tables are, then,
the base prices of nails increased by the amount alx>ve base charged for ..."
7. Centennial History of the City of Washington, D. C.: With Full Outline of by Harvey W. Crew, William Bensing Webb, John Wooldridge (1892)
"... 13|rf. per pound; tenpenny nails, 14M. per pound; eightpenny nails, Ib^d.
per pound. Cut nails and brads were sold at the following prices: ..."
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