Definition of nail

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Nail (a.) A measure of length, being two inches and a quarter, or the sixteenth of a yard..

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Nail-headed :: Nail-headed (a.) Having a head like that of a nail; formed so as to resemble the head of a nail.
Ungual :: Ungual (a.) Of or pertaining to a nail, claw, talon, or hoof, or resembling one..
Cradling :: Cradling (n.) The framework in arched or coved ceilings to which the laths are nailed.
Stubbed :: Stub (n.) A stub nail; an old horseshoe nail; also, stub iron..
Plug :: Plug (n.) A block of wood let into a wall, to afford a hold for nails..
Slit :: Slit (n.) To cut lengthwise; to cut into long pieces or strips; as, to slit iron bars into nail rods; to slit leather into straps..
Nail :: Nail (n.) To stud or boss with nails, or as with nails..
Oxshoe :: Oxshoe (n.) A shoe for oxen, consisting of a flat piece of iron nailed to the hoof..
Pricking :: Pricking (n.) The driving of a nail into a horse's foot so as to produce lameness.
Aye-aye :: Aye-aye (n.) A singular nocturnal quadruped, allied to the lemurs, found in Madagascar (Cheiromys Madagascariensis), remarkable for its long fingers, sharp nails, and rodent-like incisor teeth..
Tenaille :: Tenaille (n.) An outwork in the main ditch, in front of the curtain, between two bastions. See Illust. of Ravelin..
Nail :: Nail (n.) The terminal horny plate on the beak of ducks, and other allied birds..
Onychia :: Onychia (n.) An affection of a finger or toe, attended with ulceration at the base of the nail, and terminating in the destruction of the nail..
Sprig :: Sprig (n.) A brad, or nail without a head..
Ianthina :: Ianthina (n.) Any gastropod of the genus Ianthina, of which various species are found living in mid ocean; -- called also purple shell, and violet snail..
Hobnail :: Hobnail (n.) A short, sharp-pointed, large-headed nail, -- used in shoeing houses and for studding the soles of heavy shoes..
Bouge :: Bouge (v. t.) To scoop out, as an eye, with the thumb nail; to force out the eye of (a person) with the thumb..
Dowel :: Dowel (n.) A piece of wood driven into a wall, so that other pieces may be nailed to it..
Nog :: Nog (n.) A wooden block, of the size of a brick, built into a wall, as a hold for the nails of woodwork..
Claw :: Claw (n.) Anything resembling the claw of an animal, as the curved and forked end of a hammer for drawing nails..
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