(a) To nail (sb. or sth. to sth.); ~ to cros (rode, tre), crucify (sb.); (b) to nail (sb. or sth. on sth.); ~ on cros (rode, rode-tre, tre), ~ o (a) rode, ~ upon cros (tre), crucify (Christ); ~ up, fig. nail (oneself) upon (a cross); (c) ~ abouten, to nail (sth.) around (sth.); ~ at, nail (sth.) to (sth.); ~ in cheste, nail (sb.) in a coffin; ~ overthwert, nail (sth.) across (sth.); (d) nailed with iren, nailed together with iron nails; nailed with timber, held together by wooden pegs; (e) ?to be crucified; ?crucify.

(a) To pierce or transfix (sb.) with a nail or nails; (b) to equip (a spear) with a head or point; fix rivets in (armor); secure (sth.) with nails; ppl. nailed, secured, studded, or strengthened with nails; (c) to stop (sth.) as by transfixing with a nail; transfix (sb. with arrows); ~ in, pin (sth.) to (sth.); ~ togeder, join (two objects) as with a nail; also fig. ~ tonge, silence (one's) speech; ~ up in, direct (one's love, etc.) towards (heaven); (d) to drive a nail.