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Weather-board :: Weather-board (v. t.) To nail boards upon so as to lap one over another, in order to exclude rain, snow, etc..

Wringbolt :: Wringbolt (n.) A bolt used by shipwrights, to bend and secure the planks against the timbers till they are fastened by bolts, spikes, or treenails; -- not to be confounded with ringbolt..

Fasten :: Fasten (a.) To cause to hold together or to something else; to attach or unite firmly; to cause to cleave to something , or to cleave together, by any means; as, to fasten boards together with nails or cords; to fasten anything in our thoughts..

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..

Treenail :: Treenail (n.) A long wooden pin used in fastening the planks of a vessel to the timbers or to each other.

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

Iron-sick :: Iron-sick (a.) Having the ironwork loose or corroded; -- said of a ship when her bolts and nails are so eaten with rust that she has become leaky.

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..

Snailfish :: Snailfish (n.) See Sea snail (a).

Nail-headed :: Nail-headed (a.) Having a head like that of a nail; formed so as to resemble the head of a nail.

Nip :: Nip (n.) A pinch with the nails or teeth.

Sea Snail :: Sea snail () Any small creeping marine gastropod, as the species of Littorina, Natica, etc..

Rove :: Rove (n.) A copper washer upon which the end of a nail is clinched in boat building.

Snail-paced :: Snail-paced (a.) Slow-moving, like a snail..

Tacket :: Tacket (n.) A small, broad-headed nail..

Trannel :: Trannel (n.) A treenail.

Spick :: Spick (n.) A spike or nail.

Home-driven :: Home-driven (a.) Driven to the end, as a nail; driven close..

Screw :: Screw (n.) Specifically, a kind of nail with a spiral thread and a head with a nick to receive the end of the screw-driver. Screws are much used to hold together pieces of wood or to fasten something; -- called also wood screws, and screw nails. See also Screw bolt, below..

Canaille :: Canaille (n.) Shorts or inferior flour.

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