Definition of nail

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Nail (n.) To spike, as a cannon..

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Frost :: Frost (v. t.) To roughen or sharpen, as the nail heads or calks of horseshoes, so as to fit them for frosty weather..
Unguicular :: Unguicular (a.) Of or pertaining to a claw or a nail; ungual.
Achatina :: Achatina (n.) A genus of land snails, often large, common in the warm parts of America and Africa..
Horseshoe :: Horseshoe (n.) A shoe for horses, consisting of a narrow plate of iron in form somewhat like the letter U, nailed to a horse's hoof..
Snail :: Snail (n.) Hence, a drone; a slow-moving person or thing..
Crucify :: Crucify (v. t.) To fasten to a cross; to put to death by nailing the hands and feet to a cross or gibbet.
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..
Cradling :: Cradling (n.) The framework in arched or coved ceilings to which the laths are nailed.
Penny :: Penny (a.) Denoting pound weight for one thousand; -- used in combination, with respect to nails; as, tenpenny nails, nails of which one thousand weight ten pounds..
Fillip :: Fillip (v. t.) To strike with the nail of the finger, first placed against the ball of the thumb, and forced from that position with a sudden spring; to snap with the finger..
Manicure :: Manicure (n.) A person who makes a business of taking care of people's hands, especially their nails..
Chameck :: Chameck (n.) A kind of spider monkey (Ateles chameck), having the thumbs rudimentary and without a nail..
Trunnel :: Trunnel (n.) See Treenail.
Ungulate :: Ungulate (a.) Furnished with hoofs. See the Note under Nail, n., 1..
Onychomancy :: Onychomancy (n.) Divination by the nails.
Water Snail :: Water snail () Any aquatic pulmonate gastropod belonging to Planorbis, Limnaea, and allied genera; a pond snail..
Claw :: Claw (n.) To pull, tear, or scratch with, or as with, claws or nails..
Print :: Print (n.) A mark made by impression; a line, character, figure, or indentation, made by the pressure of one thing on another; as, the print of teeth or nails in flesh; the print of the foot in sand or snow..
Plug :: Plug (n.) A block of wood let into a wall, to afford a hold for nails..
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