Go to MSN Homeencarta®
Dictionary
Find
in
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Translations
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
Click to move up the list of words
four-way stop
four-wheel drive
four-wheeler
fourchette
fourdrinier
fourfold
Fourier analysis
Fourier series
fourpenny nail
fourpenny one
fourragère
fourscore
foursome
fourspot flounder
foursquare
fourteen
fourteenth
Click to move down the list of words
Also available:

World English Dictionary
Dictionnaire Français

fourpenny nail
four·pen·ny nail [ fáwrpənee nàyl, fáwr pènnee nàyl ] (plural four·pen·ny nails)


noun 
Definition:
 
U.S. small nail: a nail 3.8 cm (1.5 in.) long
[< the medieval price, four pennies per hundred]
Encarta® World English Dictionary [North American Edition] © & (P)2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Developed for Microsoft by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.
Advertisement
© 2009 Microsoft