Definition of nail

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Nail (n.) To fasten with a nail or nails; to close up or secure by means of nails; as, to nail boards to the beams..

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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..
Chameck :: Chameck (n.) A kind of spider monkey (Ateles chameck), having the thumbs rudimentary and without a nail..
Mopboard :: Mopboard (n.) A narrow board nailed against the wall of a room next to the floor; skirting board; baseboard. See Baseboard.
Nog :: Nog (n.) A wooden block, of the size of a brick, built into a wall, as a hold for the nails of woodwork..
Geophila :: Geophila (n. pl.) The division of Mollusca which includes the land snails and slugs.
Sparable :: Sparable (n.) A kind of small nail used by shoemakers.
Battening :: Battening (n.) Furring done with small pieces nailed directly upon the wall.
Snail :: Snail (n.) Any one of numerous species of terrestrial air-breathing gastropods belonging to the genus Helix and many allied genera of the family Helicidae. They are abundant in nearly all parts of the world except the arctic regions, and feed almost entirely on vegetation; a land snail..
Snail :: Snail (n.) Hence, a drone; a slow-moving person or thing..
Water Snail :: Water snail () The Archimedean screw.
Weather-board :: Weather-board (v. t.) To nail boards upon so as to lap one over another, in order to exclude rain, snow, etc..
Aestivation :: Aestivation (n.) The state of torpidity induced by the heat and dryness of summer, as in certain snails; -- opposed to hibernation..
Water Snail :: Water snail () Any aquatic pulmonate gastropod belonging to Planorbis, Limnaea, and allied genera; a pond snail..
Glass-snail :: Glass-snail (n.) A small, transparent, land snail, of the genus Vitrina..
Snail-like :: Snail-like (a.) Like or suiting a snail; as, snail-like progress..
Ungulate :: Ungulate (a.) Furnished with hoofs. See the Note under Nail, n., 1..
Vertigo :: Vertigo (n.) Any one of numerous species of small land snails belonging to the genus Vertigo, having an elongated or conical spiral shell and usually teeth in the aperture..
Trunnel :: Trunnel (n.) See Treenail.
''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)..
Head :: Head (v. t.) To form a head to; to fit or furnish with a head; as, to head a nail..
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