( a. )
Denoting pound weight for one thousand; -- used in combination, with respect to nails; as, tenpenny nails, nails of which one thousand weight ten pounds.
( a. )
Denoting pound weight for one thousand; -- used in combination, with respect to nails; as, tenpenny nails, nails of which one thousand weight ten pounds.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012