Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of nail is as below...

Lath :: Lath (n.) A thin, narrow strip of wood, nailed to the rafters, studs, or floor beams of a building, for the purpose of supporting the tiles, plastering, etc. A corrugated metallic strip or plate is sometimes used..

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..

Rove :: Rove (n.) A copper washer upon which the end of a nail is clinched in boat building.

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..

Canaille :: Canaille (n.) Shorts or inferior flour.

Snail :: Snail (n.) Hence, a drone; a slow-moving person or thing..

Crucifixion :: Crucifixion (n.) The state of one who is nailed or fastened to a cross; death upon a cross.

Snail-like :: Snail-like (adv.) In the manner of a snail; slowly.

Tenaille :: Tenaille (n.) An outwork in the main ditch, in front of the curtain, between two bastions. See Illust. of Ravelin..

Dowel :: Dowel (n.) A piece of wood driven into a wall, so that other pieces may be nailed to it..

Header :: Header (n.) One who, or that which, heads nails, rivets, etc., esp. a machine for heading..

Basommatophora :: Basommatophora (n. pl.) A group of Pulmonifera having the eyes at the base of the tentacles, including the common pond snails..

Mopboard :: Mopboard (n.) A narrow board nailed against the wall of a room next to the floor; skirting board; baseboard. See Baseboard.

Supernal :: Supernaculum (adv. & n.) Good liquor, of which not enough is left to wet one's nail..

Frost :: Frost (v. t.) To roughen or sharpen, as the nail heads or calks of horseshoes, so as to fit them for frosty weather..

Nog :: Nog (v. t.) To fasten, as shores, with treenails..

Quick :: Quick (n.) The life; the mortal point; a vital part; a part susceptible of serious injury or keen feeling; the sensitive living flesh; the part of a finger or toe to which the nail is attached; the tender emotions; as, to cut a finger nail to the quick; to thrust a sword to the quick, to taunt one to the quick; -- used figuratively..

Tenaillon :: Tenaillon (n.) A work constructed on each side of the ravelins, to increase their strength, procure additional ground beyond the ditch, or cover the shoulders of the bastions..

Spike :: Spike (v. t.) To stop the vent of (a gun or cannon) by driving a spike nail, or the like into it..

Sprig :: Sprig (n.) A brad, or nail without a head..

Random Fonts

Most Popular