Definition of nail

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Nail (n.) The basal thickened portion of the anterior wings of certain hemiptera.

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Shard :: Shard (n.) A piece or fragment of an earthen vessel, or a like brittle substance, as the shell of an egg or snail..
Tierce :: Tierce (n.) A position in thrusting or parrying in which the wrist and nails are turned downward.
Canaille :: Canaille (n.) The lowest class of people; the rabble; the vulgar.
Burrel Shot :: Burrel shot () A mixture of shot, nails, stones, pieces of old iron, etc., fired from a cannon at short range, in an emergency..
Hobnailed :: Hobnailed (a.) See with hobnails, as a shoe..
Wringbolt :: Wringbolt (n.) A bolt used by shipwrights, to bend and secure the planks against the timbers till they are fastened by bolts, spikes, or treenails; -- not to be confounded with ringbolt..
Cradling :: Cradling (n.) The framework in arched or coved ceilings to which the laths are nailed.
Dodman :: Dodman (n.) A snail; also, a snail shell; a hodmandod..
Oxshoe :: Oxshoe (n.) A shoe for oxen, consisting of a flat piece of iron nailed to the hoof..
Tenpenny :: Tenpenny (a.) Denoting a size of nails. See 1st Penny.
Cut :: Cut (v. t.) To sever and remove by cutting; to cut off; to dock; as, to cut the hair; to cut the nails..
Nail :: Nail (n.) The basal thickened portion of the anterior wings of certain hemiptera.
Ungulate :: Ungulate (a.) Furnished with hoofs. See the Note under Nail, n., 1..
Exoskeleton :: Exoskeleton (n.) The hardened parts of the external integument of an animal, including hair, feathers, nails, horns, scales, etc.,as well as the armor of armadillos and many reptiles, and the shells or hardened integument of numerous invertebrates; external skeleton; dermoskeleton..
Nailed :: Nailed (imp. & p. p.) of Nai.
Crucify :: Crucify (v. t.) To fasten to a cross; to put to death by nailing the hands and feet to a cross or gibbet.
Carpet :: Carpet (n.) A heavy woven or felted fabric, usually of wool, but also of cotton, hemp, straw, etc.; esp. a floor covering made in breadths to be sewed together and nailed to the floor, as distinguished from a rug or mat; originally, also, a wrought cover for tables..
Nailery :: Nailery () A manufactory where nails are made.
Unnail :: Unnail (v. t.) To remove the nails from; to unfasten by removing nails.
Spike :: Spike (n.) A sort of very large nail; also, a piece of pointed iron set with points upward or outward..
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