Definition of nail

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Nail (n.) The terminal horny plate on the beak of ducks, and other allied birds..

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Crucifixion :: Crucifixion (n.) The state of one who is nailed or fastened to a cross; death upon a cross.
Vertigo :: Vertigo (n.) Any one of numerous species of small land snails belonging to the genus Vertigo, having an elongated or conical spiral shell and usually teeth in the aperture..
Pinchers :: Pinchers (n. pl.) An instrument having two handles and two grasping jaws working on a pivot; -- used for griping things to be held fast, drawing nails, etc..
Tenpenny :: Tenpenny (a.) Denoting a size of nails. See 1st Penny.
Fur :: Fur (v. t.) To nail small strips of board or larger scantling upon, in order to make a level surface for lathing or boarding, or to provide for a space or interval back of the plastered or boarded surface, as inside an outer wall, by way of protection against damp..
Agnail :: Agnail (n.) An inflammation or sore under or around the nail; also, a hangnail..
Water Snail :: Water snail () The Archimedean screw.
Escargatoire :: Escargatoire (n.) A nursery of snails.
Fasten :: Fasten (a.) To cause to hold together or to something else; to attach or unite firmly; to cause to cleave to something , or to cleave together, by any means; as, to fasten boards together with nails or cords; to fasten anything in our thoughts..
Oxshoe :: Oxshoe (n.) A shoe for oxen, consisting of a flat piece of iron nailed to the hoof..
Snail :: Snail (n.) Any one of numerous species of terrestrial air-breathing gastropods belonging to the genus Helix and many allied genera of the family Helicidae. They are abundant in nearly all parts of the world except the arctic regions, and feed almost entirely on vegetation; a land snail..
Snail :: Snail (n.) A spiral cam, or a flat piece of metal of spirally curved outline, used for giving motion to, or changing the position of, another part, as the hammer tail of a striking clock..
Snailfish :: Snailfish (n.) See Sea snail (a).
Nailer :: Nailer (n.) One whose occupation is to make nails; a nail maker.
Mark :: Mark (v. t.) To leave a trace, scratch, scar, or other mark, upon, or any evidence of action; as, a pencil marks paper; his hobnails marked the floor..
Clinch :: Clinch (v. t.) To bend or turn over the point of (something that has been driven through an object), so that it will hold fast; as, to clinch a nail..
Crucify :: Crucify (v. t.) To fasten to a cross; to put to death by nailing the hands and feet to a cross or gibbet.
Tacket :: Tacket (n.) A small, broad-headed nail..
Fillip :: Fillip (v. t.) To strike with the nail of the finger, first placed against the ball of the thumb, and forced from that position with a sudden spring; to snap with the finger..
Stubbed :: Stub (n.) A stub nail; an old horseshoe nail; also, stub iron..
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