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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1673
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Rose naile, Rosa naill. [17th c. Eng. rose nail ‘a wrought nail having a round head made with, or cut into, triangular facets’ (1640 in OED); Ros(e n.] — 1673 Leith Customs 12.
Rosa coper [= cooper] and sadlers naills 1673 Ib. 63.
Rose nailes
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