Definition of nail

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Nail (n.) A slender, pointed piece of metal, usually with a head, used for fastening pieces of wood or other material together, by being driven into or through them..

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Basommatophora :: Basommatophora (n. pl.) A group of Pulmonifera having the eyes at the base of the tentacles, including the common pond snails..
Claw :: Claw (n.) The whole foot of an animal armed with hooked nails; the pinchers of a lobster, crab, etc..
Unguiculated :: Unguiculated (a.) Furnished with nails, claws, or hooks; clawed. See the Note under Nail, n., 1..
Nail :: Nail (n.) The basal thickened portion of the anterior wings of certain hemiptera.
Unguiculata :: Unguiculata (n. pl.) An extensive division of Mammalia including those having claws or nails, as distinguished from the hoofed animals (Ungulata)..
Print :: Print (n.) A mark made by impression; a line, character, figure, or indentation, made by the pressure of one thing on another; as, the print of teeth or nails in flesh; the print of the foot in sand or snow..
Water Snail :: Water snail () Any aquatic pulmonate gastropod belonging to Planorbis, Limnaea, and allied genera; a pond snail..
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..
Hobnail :: Hobnail (v. t.) To tread down roughly, as with hobnailed shoes..
Cradling :: Cradling (n.) The framework in arched or coved ceilings to which the laths are nailed.
Clout :: Clout (n.) To stud with nails, as a timber, or a boot sole..
Canaille :: Canaille (n.) The lowest class of people; the rabble; the vulgar.
Root :: Root (n.) That which resembles a root in position or function, esp. as a source of nourishment or support; that from which anything proceeds as if by growth or development; as, the root of a tooth, a nail, a cancer, and the like..
Pupa :: Pupa (n.) A genus of air-breathing land snails having an elongated spiral shell.
Frost :: Frost (v. t.) To roughen or sharpen, as the nail heads or calks of horseshoes, so as to fit them for frosty weather..
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..
Puncture :: Puncture (n.) A small hole made by a point; a slight wound, bite, or sting; as, the puncture of a nail, needle, or pin..
Header :: Header (n.) One who, or that which, heads nails, rivets, etc., esp. a machine for heading..
Pricking :: Pricking (n.) The driving of a nail into a horse's foot so as to produce lameness.
Supernaculum :: Supernaculum (adv. & n.) A kind of mock Latin term intended to mean, upon the nail; -- used formerly by topers..
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