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  • noun Plural form of nailhead.

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Examples

  • Martin Ramin for The Wall Street Journal King Richard's nails for upholstery and walls Use nailheads like jewelry The windows here originally had chain-mail curtains—so cool!

    Terms of Adornment Jen Renzi 2011

  • If the wooden stands are nailed to live tres, there is the possibility that the growth of the tree could have pushed the nailheads clear through the wooden braces.

    Stand or not? 2009

  • The more accessible, take-this-home-with-you version of that treatment is to accent with nailheads, a decorative element that you can even DIY; anyone who's studded their jeans can do it.

    Terms of Adornment Jen Renzi 2011

  • If the wooden stands are nailed to live tres, there is the possibility that the growth of the tree could have pushed the nailheads clear through the wooden braces.

    Stand or not? 2009

  • That includes $1,500 leather and stainless storage trunks that feature hand-hammered nailheads.

    Inder Sidhu: Profiles In Doing Both: Retail's New Trailblazer 2010

  • These are 10mm matte silver nailheads with 6mm red nailheads outlining the heart.

    Shipped a couple of neat shirts today. girlwithoutfear 2009

  • These are 10mm matte silver nailheads with 6mm red nailheads outlining the heart.

    Shipped a couple of neat shirts today. girlwithoutfear 2009

  • Though the completed bottom six rows look slightly uneven, that and the silver nailheads give it a nice, rustic look perfectly in keeping with the subject matter.

    Fun with a Porpoise : Scrubbles.net 2007

  • Though the completed bottom six rows look slightly uneven, that and the silver nailheads give it a nice, rustic look perfectly in keeping with the subject matter.

    2007 July : Scrubbles.net 2007

  • When instantly, the entire ship careens over on her side; every bolt in her starts like the nailheads of an old house in frosty weather; she trembles, quivers, and nods her frighted mast-heads to the sky.

    Moby Dick; or the Whale 2002

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