Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A sprinkler nozle; a nozle having many small openings for making a spray; a rose.
- noun A head, on a nail or spike, having corrugations or facets; an enlarged end on a mill, or milling-cutter.
- noun A nail, etc., having a head with facets or cuts; a rose-nail.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun See
rose , n., 4. - noun A many-sided pyramidal head upon a nail; also a nail with such a head.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A many-sided
pyramidal head upon anail . - noun A nail with that kind of head.
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
rose + head
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Examples
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I can still forge a rosehead nail in 45 seconds, and I know what it’s like to get bitten by an out-of-control sluice crank.
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I can still forge a rosehead nail in 45 seconds, and I know what it’s like to get bitten by an out-of-control sluice crank.
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