A block of wood must then be put under where the box for the hold comes, of sufficient thickness to keep this box up just flush with the top of the stand, and when the block is nailed down the box can be screwed to it.
But before it is erected it must be rigged and have the ‘knees’ screwed or nailed upon it.
I had it of this thickness to ensure comparative immunity from splitting when the sides should be nailed on, for these were to form the floor or bottom of our punt.
First of all the pieces B B should be nailedat the ends of A, leaving 1 in.
They should benailed into two cross-pieces behind, so as to form a hollow for back, and should be placed 2 in.
The edges are secured by being screwed up between the top laths and the gunwales, and all joints between it and woodwork must be smeared with a mixture of red and white lead before being nailed up.
In due course of time the tarnishing and the disappearance of the metal reduced my scepticism to a certainty: the "gold dots" were the trace of some pilgrim or soldier's copper-nailed boot.
Hogarty halted at the pressure of the boy's pink-nailed fingers on his arm and wheeled to show a face that was startlingly white and strained.
The clapboards on the house, although still unpainted, no longer whined in the wind; they were all nailed tight.
I noticed that they're all nailed down--isn't that enough?
Yes, but the ones below are nailed from the outside but these are done from within.
The blinds were closed as they had been below, and the two windows in the bedroom were nailed fast.
When the grafts are too far out or too high for this method laths or slats or sticks may be tied or nailed to the branches.
A frame may be made with wire nailed on the bottom.
This stage was also used for fixing the canvass on the outside of the roofing, where it is nailed along the ridges, and allowed to bag down slightly between them.
The thicknesses are fastened together by bolts passing through them about two feet six inches apart, besides being nailed at other points.
The plan adopted was this: the curved rafters were composed of several boards securely nailed together on templets of wood cut to the exact curve; by this means a strength and firmness were obtained sufficient to support an enormous weight.
And here 's a scoundrel stinks of villany, and I've proclaimed him 'ware my gates as a common trespasser, and deserves hanging if ever rook did nailed hard and fast to my barn doors!
There was a sign of a different kind nailed to an old stump behind our camp.
From the bow of each canoe the landing-net stuck out as a symbol of destruction--after the fashion of the Dutch admiral who nailed a broom to his masthead.
It began when I nailed the hand above the Marsh doorway; when Nanny Witherlee--God curse her--told me I had crossed Barguest on the threshold.
What if the Lean Man has nailed his token to the door?
This was in an unused passage, with the end door nailed to jambs, and black oak-panelling along it, and a floor of lias stone.
Poles were nailed across the open sides from upright to upright, not more than six inches asunder right up to the beam on two sides.
Next he carried up the dial, and nailed it to the top of the post; the two nails kept it from moving if touched, and were much firmer than one.
As for the stretcher it was fixed, nailed to the floor.
The spike went through his wing and nailed it to a thick root; the arrow quivered as it was stopped by the wood.
Up in the workshop they quickly nailed two short boards together like a V.
There were to be cross-pieces nailed or fastened on, but the ends were to be blunt and not sharp.
The two boards, nailed together for the gate, were fastened on one side to a stouter stake with small chains like rude hinges.
On the third, the poles were nailed across up to three feet high, and the rest prepared and left ready to be lashed in position with cords the last thing at night.
A gateway in the fence was to be just wide enough to squeeze through, and to be closed by two boards nailed to a frame.
There are two parasite trees, with their outspread branches nailed against the white walls, like the wings of culprit kites.
But what child has a heart to sing in this capricious clime of ours, where Spring comes sailing in from the sea, with wet and heavy cloud-sails, and the misty pennon of the East-wind nailed to the mast!
One of the easiest to make is formed of a forked branch, with pieces of wood nailed across the fork, the horse or mule being harnessed to the pointed end.
An old black cloak nailed to the wall, and flapping to and fro in the draught like some dead gallowsbird, hung in front of the unglazed window.
If the keel board cannot be bent easily, it is best to soak it in hot water where the bend takes place and the wood can then be nailed down without the fibers breaking.
The frame is thennailed together and also nailed to the tripod top.
One end of each blade is nailed to one side of the hub, then it is braced as shown to strengthen the wheel.
The top edges of a pair of runners are then nailed to the under side of a board 4 in.
The edges of the front crosspiece are cut on a slant so that a piece nailed to its front and back edge will stand sloping toward the rear.
The roof of this building was made for a sun shade only and consisted of boards nailed closely together on the rafters.
The door was placed in an open position and the prongs of the brackets were nailed to the door post.
The base has two cleats, nailed lengthwise to form a runway, 4 in.
The wood part of the trap can be easily nailed or screwed to a door or window casing.
The bottom bracket may also be nailed to the floor and the top one to the lintel.
If crucifixion was indispensably necessary as a penalty, then the punishment should have been inflicted either upon the instigator or perpetrator of the deed: either the serpent or Adam should have been nailed to the cross.
Then he examined the heavy gates, each of which was strengthened by two planks nailed cross-wise.
She followed him to a half-demolished flight of steps at the top of which was a door likewise strengthened by planks nailed in the form of a cross.
Narrow curtains had also beennailed up beside the window, and altogether the cabin presented a luxurious appearance.
The cheap lamps nailed at intervals along the grimy walls were mostly black and smoking, adding their acrid fumes to the thick atmosphere.
At the farthest end from her there were some stout shelves nailed against the wall, and on these rested a row of flat tin pans; between the pans were pushed one or two books, and she recognised amongst them his Greek testament.
The semi-globe is nailed to one end of the stick, upon which it rests, when the wire is passed through its centre.
The flax and the wool were spun at home; the stockings were knit; the shoes were often untanned hide nailed upon heavy clogs.
Once we came upon two rude wooden crosses nailed to the brown tufa, with the marks of a third between them, making the desolate valley more like a Golgotha than ever.
This was a human skull nailedon top of a post and grinning at us with empty eye sockets and toothless jaws, as we passed.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "nailed" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
