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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Nail  \Nail\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Nailed};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Nailing}.]  [AS.  n[ae]glian.  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. 
 
  He  is  now  dead,  and  nailed  in  his  chest.  --Chaucer. 
 
  2.  To  stud  or  boss  with  nails,  or  as  with  nails. 
 
  The  rivets  of  your  arms  were  nailed  with  gold. 
  --Dryden. 
 
  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. 
 
  When  they  came  to  talk  of  places  in  town,  you  saw  at 
  once  how  I  nailed  them  --Goldsmith. 
 
  4.  To  spike,  as  a  cannon.  [Obs.]  --Crabb. 
 
  {To  nail}  {a  lie  or  an  assertion},  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. 




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