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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Hobnailed :: Hobnailed (a.) See with hobnails, as a shoe..
Supernal :: Supernaculum (adv. & n.) Good liquor, of which not enough is left to wet one's nail..
Nailer :: Nailer (n.) One who fastens with, or drives, nails..
Trunnel :: Trunnel (n.) See Treenail.
Nail :: 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..
Nail :: Nail (a.) A measure of length, being two inches and a quarter, or the sixteenth of a yard..
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..
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..
Hobnail :: Hobnail (v. t.) To tread down roughly, as with hobnailed shoes..
Rosehead :: Rosehead (n.) A many-sided pyramidal head upon a nail; also a nail with such a head.
Tenpenny :: Tenpenny (a.) Denoting a size of nails. See 1st Penny.
Prosopulmonata :: Prosopulmonata (n. pl.) A division of pulmonate mollusks having the breathing organ situated on the neck, as in the common snail..
Physa :: Physa (n.) A genus of fresh-water Pulmonifera, having reversed spiral shells. See Pond snail, under Pond..
Tack :: Tack (n.) A small, short, sharp-pointed nail, usually having a broad, flat head..
Brad :: Brad (n.) A thin nail, usually small, with a slight projection at the top on one side instead of a head; also, a small wire nail, with a flat circular head; sometimes, a small, tapering, square-bodied finishing nail, with a countersunk head..
Sparable :: Sparable (n.) A kind of small nail used by shoemakers.
Naileries :: Naileries (pl. ) of Nailer.
Shard :: Shard (n.) A piece or fragment of an earthen vessel, or a like brittle substance, as the shell of an egg or snail..
Nail :: Nail (n.) A slender, pointed piece of metal, usually with a head, used for fastening pieces of wood or other material together, by being driven into or through them..
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.
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