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Lath :: Lath (n.) A thin, narrow strip of wood, nailed to the rafters, studs, or floor beams of a building, for the purpose of supporting the tiles, plastering, etc. A corrugated metallic strip or plate is sometimes used..

Physa :: Physa (n.) A genus of fresh-water Pulmonifera, having reversed spiral shells. See Pond snail, under Pond..

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

Naileries :: Naileries (pl. ) of Nailer.

Supernal :: Supernaculum (adv. & n.) Good liquor, of which not enough is left to wet one's 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.

Ungulate :: Ungulate (a.) Furnished with hoofs. See the Note under Nail, n., 1..

Button :: Button (n.) A piece of wood or metal, usually flat and elongated, turning on a nail or screw, to fasten something, as a door..

Peg :: Peg (n.) A wooden pin, or nail, on which to hang things, as coats, etc. Hence, colloquially and figuratively: A support; a reason; a pretext; as, a peg to hang a claim upon..

Frost :: Frost (v. t.) To roughen or sharpen, as the nail heads or calks of horseshoes, so as to fit them for frosty weather..

Governail :: Governail (n.) Management; mastery.

Sparable :: Sparable (n.) A kind of small nail used by shoemakers.

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

Nailing :: Nailing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Nai.

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

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..

Nail :: Nail (n.) To fasten, as with a nail; to bind or hold, as to a bargain or to acquiescence in an argument or assertion; hence, to catch; to trap..

Fungivorous :: Fungivorous (a.) Eating fungi; -- said of certain insects and snails.

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

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

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