spike-nails

His presents, however, were at first received with much indifference, hatchets and spike-nails excepted.

Narrative of the Voyages Round The World, Performed by Captain James Cook 2003

His presents, however, were at first received with much indifference, hatchets and spike-nails excepted.

Narrative of the Voyages Round The World, Performed by Captain James Cook 2003

Among those who came on board, was a chief, named Tioony, whose friendship Captain Cook immediately gained by proper presents, consisting principally of a hatchet and some spike-nails.

Narrative of the Voyages Round The World, Performed by Captain James Cook 2003

Among those who came on board, was a chief, named Tioony, whose friendship Captain Cook immediately gained by proper presents, consisting principally of a hatchet and some spike-nails.

Narrative of the Voyages Round The World, Performed by Captain James Cook 2003

The countenance and figure of the crucified Saviour are admirably drawn: his placid resignation is finely contrasted with the muscular figures of the two thieves struggling in the last agonies of torture: the spike-nails and blood-drops of the hands and feet, and the title on the cross are closely preserved.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 533, February 11, 1832 Various

Wishing to have an entire outfit, we bought a pair of breeches of the man of whom we had already purchased the boots, for a dozen spike-nails.

Left on Labrador or, The cruise of the Schooner-yacht 'Curlew.' as Recorded by 'Wash.' 1887

The place was almost like a museum in the variety of its contents; and they were not long in confiscating a dozen fathoms of three-inch rope, the remains of a coil of ratline, a small ball of spun-yarn for seizings, a sledge-hammer, an axe apiece, a marline-spike, a few long spike-nails, which Lance decided would be capital tools for the ladies to use in picking out the nuggets, and a few other trifling matters.

The Pirate Island A Story of the South Pacific Harry Collingwood 1886

By its ruddy light I saw the fetish-man retire to the interior of the temple or fetish-house, to appear immediately afterwards with a rude stone hammer in one hand and what looked like four or five large spike-nails in the other.

The Congo Rovers A Story of the Slave Squadron Harry Collingwood 1886

In the meantime Captain Staunton with the rest of the party went on board the schooner, and, after fully arming themselves with cutlass and revolver, opened the magazine, passed a good supply of ammunition on deck, cast loose the guns, and carefully loaded them, cramming them almost to the muzzle with bullets, spike-nails, and anything else they could lay hold of.

The Pirate Island A Story of the South Pacific Harry Collingwood 1886

Falling head foremost on harrows and rakes would be fun to a fall here, where all the instruments capable of human destruction, from razors, saws, and meat-axes down to spike-nails and punches, were duly represented.

The Land of Thor 1848