Definition of Nailset

1. a steel rod for driving a nail into something [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nailset

nailfold
nailfolds
nailgun
nailguns
nailhead
nailheads
nailing
nailing down
nailings
nailist
nailists
nailless
nailrod
nails
nails down
nailset (current term)
nailsets
naily
nain
nainsell
nainsells
nainsook
nainsooks
naira
nairas
nairobi sheep disease
nairobi sheep disease viruses
nairovirus
nairoviruses
nairu

Literary usage of Nailset

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Elementary Woodwork for Use in Manual Training Classes by Frank Henry Seldon (1906)
"set the heads about Fg 28, Using nailset. of an inch below the surface, as shown in Fig. 27. If no nailset is at hand, the head of a nail may be used as a ..."

2. Manual Training Magazine (1918)
"... 32-33 suitable for the project Fastening with nails, nailset, 32-33 selected. i32-33 Time—six weeks Nail-box, and similar small projects The remainder ..."

3. Handwork in Wood by William Noyes (1910)
"(je se^ easily with a nailset and the hole filled with a plug, or, where the wood is to be painted, with putty. They are used for interior finishing and ..."

4. Design and Construction in Wood by William Noyes (1913)
"With a small nailset punch four holes in each piece as shown Fig. is. Lay-out of the tin brace- in Fig. 44. The best way to do this is by placing the tin on ..."

5. Problems in Farm Woodwork for Agricultural Schools, High Schools, Industrial by Samuel A. Blackburn (1915)
"Saws, planes, hammer, square, try-square, rule, pencil, mallet, plow, chisel and nailset. Directions. Get out stock for ends and top, and glue them together ..."

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