Word Meanings - DOORNAIL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The nail or knob on which in ancient doors the knocker struck; -- hence the old saying, "As dead as a doornail."

• Knocker
  One who, or that which, knocks; specifically, an instrument, or kind of hammer, fastened to a door, to be used in seeking for admittance.
• Anciently
  In ancient times.
• Ancientness
  The quality of being ancient; antiquity; existence from old times.
• Sayette
  A mixed stuff, called also sagathy. See Sagathy.
• Ancientry
  Antiquity; what is ancient.
• Ancienty
  Age; antiquity.
• Saymaster
  A master of assay; one who tries or proves.
• Doornail
  The nail or knob on which in ancient doors the knocker struck; -- hence the old saying, "As dead as a doornail."
• Doorsill
  The sill or threshold of a door.
• Doorstead
  Entrance or place of a door.
• Strucken
  of Strike
• Doorstep
  The stone or plank forming a step before an outer door.

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