Definition of nail

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Nail (n.) The basal thickened portion of the anterior wings of certain hemiptera.

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Header :: Header (n.) One who, or that which, heads nails, rivets, etc., esp. a machine for heading..
Home :: Home (adv.) To the place where it belongs; to the end of a course; to the full length; as, to drive a nail home; to ram a cartridge home..
Snail-paced :: Snail-paced (a.) Slow-moving, like a snail..
Nail :: Nail (n.) the horny scale of plate of epidermis at the end of the fingers and toes of man and many apes.
Shoe :: Shoe (n.) A plate or rim of iron nailed to the hoof of an animal to defend it from injury.
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..
Spike :: Spike (v. t.) To stop the vent of (a gun or cannon) by driving a spike nail, or the like into it..
Bescratch :: Bescratch (v. t.) To tear with the nails; to cover with scratches.
Hobnailed :: Hobnailed (a.) See with hobnails, as a shoe..
Rosehead :: Rosehead (n.) A many-sided pyramidal head upon a nail; also a nail with such a head.
Supernaculum :: Supernaculum (adv. & n.) A kind of mock Latin term intended to mean, upon the nail; -- used formerly by topers..
Water Snail :: Water snail () Any aquatic pulmonate gastropod belonging to Planorbis, Limnaea, and allied genera; a pond snail..
Snail-like :: Snail-like (a.) Like or suiting a snail; as, snail-like progress..
Treenail :: Treenail (n.) A long wooden pin used in fastening the planks of a vessel to the timbers or to each other.
Nailer :: Nailer (n.) One who fastens with, or drives, nails..
Naileries :: Naileries (pl. ) of Nailer.
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..
Tenaille :: Tenaille (n.) An outwork in the main ditch, in front of the curtain, between two bastions. See Illust. of Ravelin..
Unguiferous :: Unguiferous (a.) Producing, having, or supporting nails or claws..
Unguiculata :: Unguiculata (n. pl.) An extensive division of Mammalia including those having claws or nails, as distinguished from the hoofed animals (Ungulata)..
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