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Definition of Fourpenny nail
1. Noun. A nail 1.5 inches long.
Definition of Fourpenny nail
1. Noun. (dated) A nail 1.5 inches (3.8 centimeters) in length. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fourpenny Nail
Literary usage of Fourpenny nail
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Essentials of Arithmetic by George Wentworth, David Eugene Smith (1915)
"A tenpenny nail is 2| in. long, and a fourpenny nail is 1| in. shorter ; how long
is a fourpenny nail ? A sixpenny nail is | in. longer than ..."
2. Practical Arithmetic by David Eugene Smith (1905)
"A tenpenny nail is 2J in. long, and a fourpenny nail is If in. shorter; how long
is a fourpenny nail? A sixpenny nail is $ in. longer than a fourpenny; ..."
3. Intermediate Arithmetic by David Eugene Smith (1905)
"A tenpenny nail is 2J in. long, and a fourpenny nail is 1f in. shorter; how long
is a fourpenny nail? A sixpenny nail is £ in. longer than a fourpenny; ..."
4. Anomalies and curiosities of medicine by George Milbry Gould, Walter Lytle Pyle (1901)
"... mentions a boy who placed a fourpenny nail in a spool to make a whistle, and,
by a violent inspiration, drew the nail deep into the left bronchus. ..."
5. Philadelphia Medical and Physical Journal by Benjamin Smith Barton (1806)
"It is a cut fourpenny nail, of a large size, almost an inch and a half long, a
little bent. The child is large for its age, and has enjoyed good health, ..."
6. The Century Book of Facts: A Handbook of Ready Reference, Embracing History edited by Henry Woldmar Ruoff (1906)
"The term penny, used to indicate the size of nails, is supposed to be a corruption
of pound ; thus a fourpenny nail was one such that 1000 of them weighed ..."
7. The Century Book of Facts: A Handbook of Ready Reference, Embracing History edited by Henry Woldmar Ruoff (1905)
"... to be a corruption of pound ; thus a fourpenny nail was one such that 1000 of
them weighed four pounds ; a tenpenny, such that 1000 weighed ten pounds. ..."
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