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Snail :: Snail (n.) Hence, a drone; a slow-moving person or thing..

Nailer :: Nailer (n.) One whose occupation is to make nails; a nail maker.

Head :: Head (n.) The uppermost, foremost, or most important part of an inanimate object; such a part as may be considered to resemble the head of an animal; often, also, the larger, thicker, or heavier part or extremity, in distinction from the smaller or thinner part, or from the point or edge; as, the head of a cane, a nail, a spear, an ax, a mast, a sail, a ship; that which covers and closes the top or the end of a hollow vessel; as, the head of a cask or a steam boiler..

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..

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

''snails :: 'Snails (interj.) God's nails, or His nails, that is, the nails with which the Savior was fastened to the cross; -- an ancient form of oath, corresponding to 'Od's bodikins (dim. of body, i.e., God's dear body)..

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..

Tierce :: Tierce (n.) A position in thrusting or parrying in which the wrist and nails are turned downward.

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

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

Bullen-nail :: Bullen-nail (n.) A nail with a round head and short shank, tinned and lacquered..

Worm :: Worm (n.) A creeping or a crawling animal of any kind or size, as a serpent, caterpillar, snail, or the like..

Shard :: Shard (n.) A piece or fragment of an earthen vessel, or a like brittle substance, as the shell of an egg or snail..

Root :: Root (n.) That which resembles a root in position or function, esp. as a source of nourishment or support; that from which anything proceeds as if by growth or development; as, the root of a tooth, a nail, a cancer, and the like..

Home-driven :: Home-driven (a.) Driven to the end, as a nail; driven close..

Head :: Head (v. t.) To form a head to; to fit or furnish with a head; as, to head a nail..

Tenpenny :: Tenpenny (a.) Denoting a size of nails. See 1st Penny.

Unguiferous :: Unguiferous (a.) Producing, having, or supporting nails or claws..

Pritchel :: Pritchel (n.) A tool employed by blacksmiths for punching or enlarging the nail holes in a horseshoe.

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