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Crucify :: Crucify (v. t.) To fasten to a cross; to put to death by nailing the hands and feet to a cross or gibbet.

Clinch :: Clinch (v. t.) To bend or turn over the point of (something that has been driven through an object), so that it will hold fast; as, to clinch a nail..

Countersunk :: Countersunk (p. p. & a.) Beveled on the lower side, so as to fit a chamfered countersink; as, a countersunk nailhead..

Ungulate :: Ungulate (a.) Furnished with hoofs. See the Note under Nail, n., 1..

Cut :: Cut (v. t.) To sever and remove by cutting; to cut off; to dock; as, to cut the hair; to cut the nails..

Spick :: Spick (n.) A spike or nail.

Onychomancy :: Onychomancy (n.) Divination by the nails.

Nailer :: Nailer (n.) One who fastens with, or drives, nails..

Pricking :: Pricking (n.) The driving of a nail into a horse's foot so as to produce lameness.

Aestivation :: Aestivation (n.) The state of torpidity induced by the heat and dryness of summer, as in certain snails; -- opposed to hibernation..

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..

Spike :: Spike (n.) A sort of very large nail; also, a piece of pointed iron set with points upward or outward..

Chameck :: Chameck (n.) A kind of spider monkey (Ateles chameck), having the thumbs rudimentary and without a nail..

Tierce :: Tierce (n.) A position in thrusting or parrying in which the wrist and nails are turned downward.

Plug :: Plug (n.) A block of wood let into a wall, to afford a hold for nails..

Vertigo :: Vertigo (n.) Any one of numerous species of small land snails belonging to the genus Vertigo, having an elongated or conical spiral shell and usually teeth in the aperture..

Stud :: Stud (n.) A kind of nail with a large head, used chiefly for ornament; an ornamental knob; a boss..

Screw :: Screw (n.) Specifically, a kind of nail with a spiral thread and a head with a nick to receive the end of the screw-driver. Screws are much used to hold together pieces of wood or to fasten something; -- called also wood screws, and screw nails. See also Screw bolt, below..

Clout :: Clout (n.) To stud with nails, as a timber, or a boot sole..

Glass-snail :: Glass-snail (n.) A small, transparent, land snail, of the genus Vitrina..

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