Definition of nail

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Nail (n.) To fasten with a nail or nails; to close up or secure by means of nails; as, to nail boards to the beams..

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Unguiculata :: Unguiculata (n. pl.) An extensive division of Mammalia including those having claws or nails, as distinguished from the hoofed animals (Ungulata)..
Flat-headed :: Flat-headed (a.) Having a head with a flattened top; as, a flat-headed nail..
Tack :: Tack (v. t.) Especially, to attach or secure in a slight or hasty manner, as by stitching or nailing; as, to tack together the sheets of a book; to tack one piece of cloth to another; to tack on a board or shingle; to tack one piece of metal to another by drops of solder..
Countersunk :: Countersunk (p. p. & a.) Beveled on the lower side, so as to fit a chamfered countersink; as, a countersunk nailhead..
Nip :: Nip (n.) A pinch with the nails or teeth.
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..
Scratch :: Scratch (v. t.) To rub and tear or mark the surface of with something sharp or ragged; to scrape, roughen, or wound slightly by drawing something pointed or rough across, as the claws, the nails, a pin, or the like..
Spike :: Spike (n.) Anything resembling such a nail in shape.
Unguicular :: Unguicular (a.) Of or pertaining to a claw or a nail; ungual.
Water Snail :: Water snail () The Archimedean screw.
Rosehead :: Rosehead (n.) A many-sided pyramidal head upon a nail; also a nail with such a head.
Fillip :: Fillip (v. t.) To strike with the nail of the finger, first placed against the ball of the thumb, and forced from that position with a sudden spring; to snap with the finger..
Snail :: Snail (n.) The pod of the sanil clover.
Mark :: Mark (v. t.) To leave a trace, scratch, scar, or other mark, upon, or any evidence of action; as, a pencil marks paper; his hobnails marked the floor..
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..
Sparable :: Sparable (n.) A kind of small nail used by shoemakers.
Spike :: Spike (v. t.) To stop the vent of (a gun or cannon) by driving a spike nail, or the like into it..
Crucifixion :: Crucifixion (n.) The state of one who is nailed or fastened to a cross; death upon a cross.
Head :: Head (v. t.) To form a head to; to fit or furnish with a head; as, to head a nail..
Oxshoe :: Oxshoe (n.) A shoe for oxen, consisting of a flat piece of iron nailed to the hoof..
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