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Nail :: Nail (n.) The terminal horny plate on the beak of ducks, and other allied birds..

Pouch-shell :: Pouch-shell (n.) A small British and American pond snail (Bulinus hypnorum).

Header :: Header (n.) One who, or that which, heads nails, rivets, etc., esp. a machine for heading..

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

Bulimus :: Bulimus (n.) A genus of land snails having an elongated spiral shell, often of large size. The species are numerous and abundant in tropical America..

Cochleated :: Cochleated (a.) Having the form of a snail shell; spiral; turbinated.

Penny :: Penny (a.) Denoting pound weight for one thousand; -- used in combination, with respect to nails; as, tenpenny nails, nails of which one thousand weight ten pounds..

Snail-like :: Snail-like (adv.) In the manner of a snail; slowly.

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

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

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

Spike :: Spike (v. t.) To fasten with spikes, or long, large nails; as, to spike down planks..

Carpet :: Carpet (n.) A heavy woven or felted fabric, usually of wool, but also of cotton, hemp, straw, etc.; esp. a floor covering made in breadths to be sewed together and nailed to the floor, as distinguished from a rug or mat; originally, also, a wrought cover for tables..

Unguiculata :: Unguiculata (n. pl.) An extensive division of Mammalia including those having claws or nails, as distinguished from the hoofed animals (Ungulata)..

Hobnail :: Hobnail (n.) A clownish person; a rustic.

Suburb :: Subungual (a.) Under the nail or hoof.

Ungual :: Ungual (a.) Of or pertaining to a nail, claw, talon, or hoof, or resembling one..

Tenaillon :: Tenaillon (n.) A work constructed on each side of the ravelins, to increase their strength, procure additional ground beyond the ditch, or cover the shoulders of the bastions..

Stubbed :: Stub (n.) A stub nail; an old horseshoe nail; also, stub iron..

Holdfast :: Holdfast (n.) Something used to secure and hold in place something else, as a long fiat-headed nail, a catch a hook, a clinch, a clamp, etc.; hence, a support..

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