Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of nail is as below...

Spike :: Spike (v. t.) To stop the vent of (a gun or cannon) by driving a spike nail, or the like into it..

Tenaille :: Tenaille (n.) An outwork in the main ditch, in front of the curtain, between two bastions. See Illust. of Ravelin..

Nog :: Nog (n.) A wooden block, of the size of a brick, built into a wall, as a hold for the nails of woodwork..

Nailed :: Nailed (imp. & p. p.) of Nai.

Clout :: Clout (n.) The center of the butt at which archers shoot; -- probably once a piece of white cloth or a nail head.

Sprig :: Sprig (n.) A brad, or nail without a head..

Run :: Run (v. i.) To cause to enter; to thrust; as, to run a sword into or through the body; to run a nail into the foot..

Countersunk :: Countersunk (p. p. & a.) Beveled on the lower side, so as to fit a chamfered countersink; as, a countersunk nailhead..

Unguiferous :: Unguiferous (a.) Producing, having, or supporting nails or claws..

Set :: Set (n.) A short steel spike used for driving the head of a nail below the surface.

Stud :: Stud (n.) A kind of nail with a large head, used chiefly for ornament; an ornamental knob; a boss..

Quick :: Quick (n.) The life; the mortal point; a vital part; a part susceptible of serious injury or keen feeling; the sensitive living flesh; the part of a finger or toe to which the nail is attached; the tender emotions; as, to cut a finger nail to the quick; to thrust a sword to the quick, to taunt one to the quick; -- used figuratively..

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..

Battening :: Battening (n.) Furring done with small pieces nailed directly upon the wall.

Unguicular :: Unguicular (a.) Of or pertaining to a claw or a nail; ungual.

Basommatophora :: Basommatophora (n. pl.) A group of Pulmonifera having the eyes at the base of the tentacles, including the common pond snails..

Flat-headed :: Flat-headed (a.) Having a head with a flattened top; as, a flat-headed nail..

Glass-snail :: Glass-snail (n.) A small, transparent, land snail, of the genus Vitrina..

Gastropoda :: Gastropoda (n. pl.) One of the classes of Mollusca, of great extent. It includes most of the marine spiral shells, and the land and fresh-water snails. They generally creep by means of a flat, muscular disk, or foot, on the ventral side of the body. The head usually bears one or two pairs of tentacles. See Mollusca..

Hammer :: Hammer (n.) An instrument for driving nails, beating metals, and the like, consisting of a head, usually of steel or iron, fixed crosswise to a handle..

Random Fonts

Most Popular