jan 1, 1653 - lin-nail

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OED 1496. The linch-pin or nail which secured the wheel to the axle-tree. 1485 <i>ij lyn’ nayles </i>, Ripon (SS64/373); 1558 <i>a wayne, to </i> [sic] <i>lyne nayles, two apiltone </i>[suspect axiltre]<i> nayles of iron </i>, Castleford (Th27/187); 1637 <i>a gang of old wayne strokes … 2 lynnailes </i>, Thorpe Willoughby (YRS47/137). Note: 1580 <i>a lynce pynne nayle </i>, Beverley (YRS84/33); 1653 <i>bolts, shackles, runners, three lynn-pinns </i>, Northallerton (NRQS5/143).

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