Nail

—A small pointed piece of metal, usually with a head, to be driven into a board or other piece of timber, and serving to fasten it to another timber, or left projecting; as, from a wall, to hang anything upon. The different sorts of named either from the use to which they are applied, or from their shape; as, shingle, floor,. ship carpenters’ and horseshoe nails, rose heads, diamonds, etc.: The following table will show the length of the various sizes and the number of nails in a pound; they are rated ‘‘3-penny”’ up to “‘20-penny.” The first column gives the name. the second the length in inches, and the third the number per pound: TABLE. 3-penny 4 oe 1 14 inch ae 557 nails per 353 pate Ist, Oe p 66 fh t vE 4“ TAE O 8 Å.: 24 é: 101 20 ét 34 t 34 Spikes Ces cK t 4% t 12 “ 5 “t 10 “oe “ 6 7 (23 ad 7 5