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Definition of Stub nail
1. Noun. A short thick nail.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stub Nail
Literary usage of Stub nail
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"Stub-nail (stub'nal), «. An old or worn horseshoe-nail; any short and thick nail;
a stub. 2f. The stem, trunk, or stock of a tree or shrub. ..."
2. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary: A Description of Tools, Instruments by Edward Henry Knight (1876)
"Stub-mor'tise. (Carpentry.) A mortise which does not pass through the object in
which it U made ; not a through mortise. Stub-nail. A short thick nail. ..."
3. Webster's Elementary-school Dictionary: Abridged from Webster's New by Noah Webster (1914)
"[3] 1. Abounding with stubs. — Syn. See OBSTINATE.—stubborn ly, adv. [8] 2.
Short, thick, and stiff, as bristles. stub nail. A short thick nail. ..."
4. Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language, in Miniature: To which are ...by Samuel Johnson by Samuel Johnson (1812)
"... i. obstinacy, contumacy Stub'nail, ¡. a nail broken off Stui/co, s. a fine
plaster for walls Stud,î.a stock of breeding mares; a button Stu'dent, ..."
5. A Dictionary of the English Language: Compiled for the Use of Common Schools by Noah Webster (1817)
"... a. having stubs, short and thick Stub'nail, и. a short nail, a nail broke
Stuc'co, na fine plaster for walls Stuc'co, ft to plaster with stucco Stud, ..."
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