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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Lim Naea :: Lim naea (n.) A genus of fresh-water air-breathing mollusks, abundant in ponds and streams; -- called also pond snail..
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..
Drive :: Drive (v. t.) To impel or urge onward by force in a direction away from one, or along before one; to push forward; to compel to move on; to communicate motion to; as, to drive cattle; to drive a nail; smoke drives persons from a room..
Nail :: Nail (n.) To spike, as a cannon..
Hobnail :: Hobnail (v. t.) To tread down roughly, as with hobnailed shoes..
Helicoid :: Helicoid (a.) Shaped like a snail shell; pertaining to the Helicidae, or Snail family..
Worm :: Worm (n.) A creeping or a crawling animal of any kind or size, as a serpent, caterpillar, snail, or the like..
''snails :: 'Snails (interj.) God's nails, or His nails, that is, the nails with which the Savior was fastened to the cross; -- an ancient form of oath, corresponding to 'Od's bodikins (dim. of body, i.e., God's dear body)..
Water Snail :: Water snail () The Archimedean screw.
Sparable :: Sparable (n.) A kind of small nail used by shoemakers.
Nail-headed :: Nail-headed (a.) Having a head like that of a nail; formed so as to resemble the head of a nail.
Penny :: Penny (a.) Denoting pound weight for one thousand; -- used in combination, with respect to nails; as, tenpenny nails, nails of which one thousand weight ten pounds..
Dowel :: Dowel (n.) A piece of wood driven into a wall, so that other pieces may be nailed to it..
Nip :: Nip (n.) A pinch with the nails or teeth.
Manicure :: Manicure (n.) A person who makes a business of taking care of people's hands, especially their nails..
Hangnail :: Hangnail (n.) A small piece or silver of skin which hangs loose, near the root of finger nail..
Spick :: Spick (n.) A spike or nail.
Set :: Set (n.) A short steel spike used for driving the head of a nail below the surface.
Lath :: Lath (n.) A thin, narrow strip of wood, nailed to the rafters, studs, or floor beams of a building, for the purpose of supporting the tiles, plastering, etc. A corrugated metallic strip or plate is sometimes used..
Scratch :: Scratch (v. t.) To rub and tear or mark the surface of with something sharp or ragged; to scrape, roughen, or wound slightly by drawing something pointed or rough across, as the claws, the nails, a pin, or the like..
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