Definition of nail

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Nail (n.) To fasten, as with a nail; to bind or hold, as to a bargain or to acquiescence in an argument or assertion; hence, to catch; to trap..

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Unguiculated :: Unguiculated (a.) Furnished with nails, claws, or hooks; clawed. See the Note under Nail, n., 1..
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..
Nailing :: Nailing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Nai.
Naileress :: Naileress (n.) A women who makes nailes.
Bullen-nail :: Bullen-nail (n.) A nail with a round head and short shank, tinned and lacquered..
Frost :: Frost (v. t.) To roughen or sharpen, as the nail heads or calks of horseshoes, so as to fit them for frosty weather..
Aye-aye :: Aye-aye (n.) A singular nocturnal quadruped, allied to the lemurs, found in Madagascar (Cheiromys Madagascariensis), remarkable for its long fingers, sharp nails, and rodent-like incisor teeth..
Sprig :: Sprig (n.) A brad, or nail without a head..
Sparable :: Sparable (n.) A kind of small nail used by shoemakers.
Nog :: Nog (v. t.) To fasten, as shores, with treenails..
Dodman :: Dodman (n.) A snail; also, a snail shell; a hodmandod..
Manufacture :: Manufacture (v. t.) To make (wares or other products) by hand, by machinery, or by other agency; as, to manufacture cloth, nails, glass, etc..
Ungual :: Ungual (a.) Having a nail, claw, or hoof attached; -- said of certain bones of the feet..
Hobnail :: Hobnail (n.) A clownish person; a rustic.
Pupa :: Pupa (n.) A genus of air-breathing land snails having an elongated spiral shell.
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..
Retract :: Retract (n.) The pricking of a horse's foot in nailing on a shoe.
Pritchel :: Pritchel (n.) A tool employed by blacksmiths for punching or enlarging the nail holes in a horseshoe.
Glass-snail :: Glass-snail (n.) A small, transparent, land snail, of the genus Vitrina..
Dowel :: Dowel (n.) A piece of wood driven into a wall, so that other pieces may be nailed to it..
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