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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Sprig :: Sprig (n.) A brad, or nail without a head..
Geophila :: Geophila (n. pl.) The division of Mollusca which includes the land snails and slugs.
Nail :: Nail (n.) the horny scale of plate of epidermis at the end of the fingers and toes of man and many apes.
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.
Prosopulmonata :: Prosopulmonata (n. pl.) A division of pulmonate mollusks having the breathing organ situated on the neck, as in the common snail..
Toed :: Toed (a.) Having the end secured by nails driven obliquely, said of a board, plank, or joist serving as a brace, and in general of any part of a frame secured to other parts by diagonal nailing..
Tenpenny :: Tenpenny (a.) Denoting a size of nails. See 1st Penny.
Weather-board :: Weather-board (v. t.) To nail boards upon so as to lap one over another, in order to exclude rain, snow, etc..
Prick :: Prick (n.) To drive a nail into (a horse's foot), so as to cause lameness..
Battening :: Battening (n.) Furring done with small pieces nailed directly upon the wall.
Claw :: Claw (n.) A sharp, hooked nail, as of a beast or bird..
Nail :: Nail (n.) To stud or boss with nails, or as with nails..
Oxshoe :: Oxshoe (n.) A shoe for oxen, consisting of a flat piece of iron nailed to the hoof..
Treenail :: Treenail (n.) A long wooden pin used in fastening the planks of a vessel to the timbers or to each other.
Head :: Head (v. t.) To form a head to; to fit or furnish with a head; as, to head a nail..
Shard :: Shard (n.) A piece or fragment of an earthen vessel, or a like brittle substance, as the shell of an egg or snail..
Doornail :: Doornail (n.) The nail or knob on which in ancient doors the knocker struck; -- hence the old saying, As dead as a doornail..
Bouge :: Bouge (v. t.) To scoop out, as an eye, with the thumb nail; to force out the eye of (a person) with the thumb..
Claw :: Claw (n.) Anything resembling the claw of an animal, as the curved and forked end of a hammer for drawing nails..
Sparable :: Sparable (n.) A kind of small nail used by shoemakers.
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