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Leprosy :: Leprosy (n.) A cutaneous disease which first appears as blebs or as reddish, shining, slightly prominent spots, with spreading edges. These are often followed by an eruption of dark or yellowish prominent nodules, frequently producing great deformity. In one variety of the disease, anaesthesia of the skin is a prominent symptom. In addition there may be wasting of the muscles, falling out of the hair and nails, and distortion of the hands and feet with destruction of the bones and joints. It is

Ianthina :: Ianthina (n.) Any gastropod of the genus Ianthina, of which various species are found living in mid ocean; -- called also purple shell, and violet snail..

Pupa :: Pupa (n.) A genus of air-breathing land snails having an elongated spiral shell.

Clout :: Clout (n.) The center of the butt at which archers shoot; -- probably once a piece of white cloth or a nail head.

Spike :: Spike (n.) A sort of very large nail; also, a piece of pointed iron set with points upward or outward..

Onychomancy :: Onychomancy (n.) Divination by the nails.

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..

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

Trannel :: Trannel (n.) A treenail.

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

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..

Claw :: Claw (n.) Anything resembling the claw of an animal, as the curved and forked end of a hammer for drawing nails..

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..

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

Hobnail :: Hobnail (v. t.) To tread down roughly, as with hobnailed shoes..

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

Achatina :: Achatina (n.) A genus of land snails, often large, common in the warm parts of America and Africa..

Nailless :: Nailless (a.) Without nails; having no nails.

Helix :: Helix (n.) A genus of land snails, including a large number of species..

Clinch :: Clinch (v. t.) To bend or turn over the point of (something that has been driven through an object), so that it will hold fast; as, to clinch a nail..

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