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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..

Nail-headed :: Nail-headed (a.) Having a head like that of a nail; formed so as to resemble the head of a nail.

Flat-headed :: Flat-headed (a.) Having a head with a flattened top; as, a flat-headed nail..

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

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..

Nail :: Nail (a.) A measure of length, being two inches and a quarter, or the sixteenth of a yard..

Water Snail :: Water snail () The Archimedean screw.

Prosopulmonata :: Prosopulmonata (n. pl.) A division of pulmonate mollusks having the breathing organ situated on the neck, as in the common snail..

Stylommatophorous :: Stylommatophora (n. pl.) A division of Pulmonata in which the eyes are situated at the tips of the tentacles. It includes the common land snails and slugs. See Illust. under Snail.

Rosehead :: Rosehead (n.) A many-sided pyramidal head upon a nail; also a nail with such a head.

Mopboard :: Mopboard (n.) A narrow board nailed against the wall of a room next to the floor; skirting board; baseboard. See Baseboard.

Doornail :: Doornail (n.) The nail or knob on which in ancient doors the knocker struck; -- hence the old saying, As dead as a doornail..

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

Vertigo :: Vertigo (n.) Any one of numerous species of small land snails belonging to the genus Vertigo, having an elongated or conical spiral shell and usually teeth in the aperture..

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

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..

Set :: Set (n.) A short steel spike used for driving the head of a nail below the surface.

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..

Trenail :: Trenail (n.) Same as Treenail.

Nog :: Nog (v. t.) To fasten, as shores, with treenails..

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