Definition of nail

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

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Clout :: Clout (n.) To stud with nails, as a timber, or a boot sole..
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..
Tacket :: Tacket (n.) A small, broad-headed nail..
Snail-like :: Snail-like (adv.) In the manner of a snail; slowly.
Univalve :: Univalve (n.) A shell consisting of one valve only; a mollusk whose shell is composed of a single piece, as the snails and conchs..
Crucifixion :: Crucifixion (n.) The act of nailing or fastening a person to a cross, for the purpose of putting him to death; the use of the cross as a method of capital punishment..
Plug :: Plug (n.) A block of wood let into a wall, to afford a hold for nails..
Nog :: Nog (v. t.) To fasten, as shores, with treenails..
Pouch-shell :: Pouch-shell (n.) A small British and American pond snail (Bulinus hypnorum).
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..
Pinchers :: Pinchers (n. pl.) An instrument having two handles and two grasping jaws working on a pivot; -- used for griping things to be held fast, drawing nails, etc..
Scratch :: Scratch (v. i.) To use the claws or nails in tearing or in digging; to make scratches.
Hammer :: Hammer (n.) An instrument for driving nails, beating metals, and the like, consisting of a head, usually of steel or iron, fixed crosswise to a handle..
Sea Snail :: Sea snail () A small fish of the genus Liparis, having a ventral sucker. It lives among stones and seaweeds..
Unguiculated :: Unguiculated (a.) Furnished with nails, claws, or hooks; clawed. See the Note under Nail, n., 1..
Unguis :: Unguis (n.) The nail, claw, talon, or hoof of a finger, toe, or other appendage..
Spike :: Spike (v. t.) To stop the vent of (a gun or cannon) by driving a spike nail, or the like into it..
Cradling :: Cradling (n.) The framework in arched or coved ceilings to which the laths are nailed.
Snail-like :: Snail-like (a.) Like or suiting a snail; as, snail-like progress..
Prick :: Prick (n.) To drive a nail into (a horse's foot), so as to cause lameness..
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