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Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7989 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

naylenail

Two or more mechanical changes in one word: sinne → sin, vnderstande → understand.

Puritas changed it
315 times in 215 works
Consistency
94.8% (315 of 332)
Reach if approved
~350 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: nail
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
333 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (315 changes in 215 works, 94.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 315)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … guiltinesse, anger, and choller: but that inimitable mixture of both, which is in the naylenail, wherewith every finger of the hand is so artificially tipped, as it were with …
    With rule
    … guiltinesse, anger, and choller: but that inimitable mixture of both, which is in the naylenail, wherewith every finger of the hand is so artificially tipped, as it were with …

    John Jackson · The Worthy Churchman · p. 49 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … enough, and therefore labours to ſalue it by a falſe poſition, driuing out one naylenail of error with another: to wit, That ſinne is onely an act of free …
    With rule
    … enough, and therefore labours to ſalue it by a falſe poſition, driuing out one naylenail of error with another: to wit, That ſinne is onely an act of free …

    Thomas Beard · A Retractive from the Romish Religion · p. 281 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    They shall naylenail faste
    With rule
    They shall naylenail faste

    Thomas Becon · A New Dialogue Between the Angel of God and the Shepherds in the Field · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … of their Feastes & Holidaies, and finally to the time of their driuing of the naylenail into the wall of the Temple of Minerua, which was done alwaies yéerely in …
    With rule
    … of their Feastes & Holidaies, and finally to the time of their driuing of the naylenail into the wall of the Temple of Minerua, which was done alwaies yéerely in …

    Philippe de Mornay · Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion · p. 115 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    4 Out of him ſhall the corner come forth: out of him the naylenail, out of him the bow of battell, and out of him every Appointer of …
    With rule
    4 Out of him ſhall the corner come forth: out of him the naylenail, out of him the bow of battell, and out of him every Appointer of …

    William Pemble · Exposition of Zechariah 1-9 · p. 161 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … our God, to leaue vs a remnant to escape, and to giue vs a naylenail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and giue vs …
    With rule
    … our God, to leaue vs a remnant to escape, and to giue vs a naylenail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and giue vs …

    Francis Rous · The Only Remedy · p. 210 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … of the worlde vnto this day. But nowe you thinke you haue hit the naylenail on the heade, and you wery your ſelfe longe about thys mattier.
    With rule
    … of the worlde vnto this day. But nowe you thinke you haue hit the naylenail on the heade, and you wery your ſelfe longe about thys mattier.

    Anthony Gilby · Answer to the Devilish Detection of the Bishop of Winchester · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    And varyeth not a naylenail
    With rule
    And varyeth not a naylenail

    John Bale · Comedy Concerning the Corruption of Laws of Nature Moses and Christ · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (17)

6 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 11 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Only Remedy A11077

  • Printed
    … that such were so knowne, that they might not bee knowne, and that this NayleNail may bee so fastned by the masters of the assemblies, that if the children …
    With rule
    … that such were so knowne, that they might not bee knowne, and that this NayleNail may bee so fastned by the masters of the assemblies, that if the children …

    Francis Rous · The Only Remedy · p. 166 · Open in the reader

The Drunkards Character A15845

  • Printed
    … up, it is too late to transplant Trees after two seaven years: or a NayleNail in a Post, which is made faster by every, stroke: or a Ship that …
    With rule
    … up, it is too late to transplant Trees after two seaven years: or a NayleNail in a Post, which is made faster by every, stroke: or a Ship that …

    Richard Younge · The Drunkards Character · p. 585 · Open in the reader

Sin Stigmatized A15847

  • Printed
    … up, it is too late to tranſplant Trees after two ſeaven yeares: or a NayleNail in a Poſt, which is made faſter by every, ſtroke: or a Ship that …
    With rule
    … up, it is too late to tranſplant Trees after two ſeaven yeares: or a NayleNail in a Poſt, which is made faſter by every, ſtroke: or a Ship that …

    Richard Younge · Sin Stigmatized · p. 585 · Open in the reader

A Defense of the Catholic Faith A20944

  • Printed
    … could diſcerne them from the Nayles of the two theeues, and how the fourth NayleNail was loſt. For the Croſſe had in the middle a little boorde, vpon which …
    With rule
    … could diſcerne them from the Nayles of the two theeues, and how the fourth NayleNail was loſt. For the Croſſe had in the middle a little boorde, vpon which …

    Pierre du Moulin Sr · A Defense of the Catholic Faith · p. 319 · Open in the reader

A Practical and Polemical Commentary Upon 2 Timothy 3-4 A45335

  • Printed
    … made for the suppressing this sin! That as Iael was blest for driving a NayleNail into the Temples of Sisera; so the generations to come may blesse those in …
    With rule
    … made for the suppressing this sin! That as Iael was blest for driving a NayleNail into the Temples of Sisera; so the generations to come may blesse those in …

    Thomas Hall · A Practical and Polemical Commentary Upon 2 Timothy 3-4 · p. 94 · Open in the reader

Salvation in Misery A77007

  • Printed
    … our God, to leave us a remnant to eſcape, and to give us a NAYLENAIL in his holy place, &c. Surely, you are our remnant eſcaped, without which we …
    With rule
    … our God, to leave us a remnant to eſcape, and to give us a NAYLENAIL in his holy place, &c. Surely, you are our remnant eſcaped, without which we …

    John Bond · Salvation in Misery · p. 54 · Open in the reader