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verb

  1. tr, adverb to shut in or fasten tightly with or as if with nails


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Waal, we're ergwine ter nail up thet door ternight an' quit this-hyar place.

Sometimes we has ter nail up loose planks inside thet runway, an' when we does a feller lets hisself down on thet rope.

The foot in its movement forward tilts the nail up, and almost simultaneously puts weight upon it.

Scores of the hovels in which the workers live they are compelled to nail up sacks to keep the wind and water out.

Then we could nail up that pantry door, put the hatch into place, and keep them at our mercy.

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