eightpenny
[ eyt-pen-ee ]
/ ˈeɪtˌpɛn i /
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adjective
noting a nail 2½ inches (64 mm) long.
costing or amounting to the sum of eight pennies. Symbol: 8d
Nearby words
- eighth note,
- eighth rest,
- eighthly,
- eighties,
- eightieth,
- eights,
- eightsome reel,
- eightvo,
- eighty,
- eighty-eight
Origin of eightpenny
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019
Examples from the Web for eightpenny
From John Blane, during the same year, he purchased 2500 tenpenny nails and the same quantity of eightpenny nails.
The Cultural History of Marlborough, Virginia|C. Malcolm WatkinsThe large fivepenny, sixpenny, eightpenny, and shilling often had unusually wide margins when perforated.
Peeps at Postage Stamps|Stanley Currie JohnsonEightpenny finishing nails are the best, three in each board, the heads being driven in to admit of puttying.