Definition of nail

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

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Snail-like :: Snail-like (a.) Like or suiting a snail; as, snail-like progress..
Slug :: Slug (n.) Any one of numerous species of terrestrial pulmonate mollusks belonging to Limax and several related genera, in which the shell is either small and concealed in the mantle, or altogether wanting. They are closely allied to the land snails..
Helicoid :: Helicoid (a.) Shaped like a snail shell; pertaining to the Helicidae, or Snail family..
Tacket :: Tacket (n.) A small, broad-headed nail..
Exoskeleton :: Exoskeleton (n.) The hardened parts of the external integument of an animal, including hair, feathers, nails, horns, scales, etc.,as well as the armor of armadillos and many reptiles, and the shells or hardened integument of numerous invertebrates; external skeleton; dermoskeleton..
Hobnail :: Hobnail (n.) A clownish person; a rustic.
Chameck :: Chameck (n.) A kind of spider monkey (Ateles chameck), having the thumbs rudimentary and without a nail..
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..
Spike :: Spike (v. t.) To stop the vent of (a gun or cannon) by driving a spike nail, or the like into it..
Nail :: Nail (n.) To stud or boss with nails, or as with nails..
Stylommatophorous :: Stylommatophora (n. pl.) A division of Pulmonata in which the eyes are situated at the tips of the tentacles. It includes the common land snails and slugs. See Illust. under Snail.
Trannel :: Trannel (n.) A treenail.
Cradling :: Cradling (n.) The framework in arched or coved ceilings to which the laths are nailed.
Nail :: Nail (a.) A measure of length, being two inches and a quarter, or the sixteenth of a yard..
Snail :: Snail (n.) A spiral cam, or a flat piece of metal of spirally curved outline, used for giving motion to, or changing the position of, another part, as the hammer tail of a striking clock..
Nog :: Nog (n.) A treenail to fasten the shores.
Suburb :: Subungual (a.) Under the nail or hoof.
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..
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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