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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Sea Snail :: Sea snail () Any small creeping marine gastropod, as the species of Littorina, Natica, etc..
Cradling :: Cradling (n.) The framework in arched or coved ceilings to which the laths are nailed.
Water Snail :: Water snail () The Archimedean screw.
Flat-headed :: Flat-headed (a.) Having a head with a flattened top; as, a flat-headed nail..
Pupa :: Pupa (n.) A genus of air-breathing land snails having an elongated spiral shell.
Crucifixion :: Crucifixion (n.) The act of nailing or fastening a person to a cross, for the purpose of putting him to death; the use of the cross as a method of capital punishment..
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..
Achatina :: Achatina (n.) A genus of land snails, often large, common in the warm parts of America and Africa..
Toed :: Toed (a.) Having the end secured by nails driven obliquely, said of a board, plank, or joist serving as a brace, and in general of any part of a frame secured to other parts by diagonal nailing..
Basommatophora :: Basommatophora (n. pl.) A group of Pulmonifera having the eyes at the base of the tentacles, including the common pond snails..
Tenaille :: Tenaille (n.) An outwork in the main ditch, in front of the curtain, between two bastions. See Illust. of Ravelin..
Manufacture :: Manufacture (v. t.) To make (wares or other products) by hand, by machinery, or by other agency; as, to manufacture cloth, nails, glass, etc..
Retract :: Retract (n.) The pricking of a horse's foot in nailing on a shoe.
Peg :: Peg (n.) A wooden pin, or nail, on which to hang things, as coats, etc. Hence, colloquially and figuratively: A support; a reason; a pretext; as, a peg to hang a claim upon..
Prosopulmonata :: Prosopulmonata (n. pl.) A division of pulmonate mollusks having the breathing organ situated on the neck, as in the common snail..
Prick :: Prick (n.) To drive a nail into (a horse's foot), so as to cause lameness..
Nail :: Nail (n.) The terminal horny plate on the beak of ducks, and other allied birds..
Clout :: Clout (n.) To stud with nails, as a timber, or a boot sole..
Crucifixion :: Crucifixion (n.) The state of one who is nailed or fastened to a cross; death upon a cross.
Spike :: Spike (v. t.) To fasten with spikes, or long, large nails; as, to spike down planks..
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