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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Trenail :: Trenail (n.) Same as Treenail.
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..
Hobnail :: Hobnail (n.) A short, sharp-pointed, large-headed nail, -- used in shoeing houses and for studding the soles of heavy shoes..
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..
Naileress :: Naileress (n.) A women who makes nailes.
Hobnailed :: Hobnailed (a.) See with hobnails, as a shoe..
Horsenail :: Horsenail (n.) A thin, pointed nail, with a heavy flaring head, for securing a horsehoe to the hoof; a horsehoe nail..
Bullen-nail :: Bullen-nail (n.) A nail with a round head and short shank, tinned and lacquered..
Claw :: Claw (n.) The whole foot of an animal armed with hooked nails; the pinchers of a lobster, crab, etc..
Unnail :: Unnail (v. t.) To remove the nails from; to unfasten by removing nails.
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..
Cut :: Cut (v. t.) To sever and remove by cutting; to cut off; to dock; as, to cut the hair; to cut the nails..
Snail :: Snail (n.) Any gastropod having a general resemblance to the true snails, including fresh-water and marine species. See Pond snail, under Pond, and Sea snail..
Hangnail :: Hangnail (n.) A small piece or silver of skin which hangs loose, near the root of finger nail..
Nailer :: Nailer (n.) One whose occupation is to make nails; a nail maker.
Nail-headed :: Nail-headed (a.) Having a head like that of a nail; formed so as to resemble the head of a nail.
Suburb :: Subungual (a.) Under the nail or hoof.
Bulimus :: Bulimus (n.) A genus of land snails having an elongated spiral shell, often of large size. The species are numerous and abundant in tropical America..
Foot :: Foot (n.) The muscular locomotive organ of a mollusk. It is a median organ arising from the ventral region of body, often in the form of a flat disk, as in snails. See Illust. of Buccinum..
Unguis :: Unguis (n.) The nail, claw, talon, or hoof of a finger, toe, or other appendage..
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