| Nail |
n. |
the horny scale of plate of epidermis at the end of the fingers and toes of man and many apes. |
| Nail |
n. |
The basal thickened portion of the anterior wings of certain hemiptera. |
| Nail |
n. |
The terminal horny plate on the beak of ducks, and other allied birds. |
| Nail |
n. |
A slender, pointed piece of metal, usually with a head, used for fastening pieces of wood or other material together, by being driven into or through them. |
| Nail |
a. |
A measure of length, being two inches and a quarter, or the sixteenth of a yard. |
| 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. |
| Nail |
n. |
To stud or boss with nails, or as with nails. |
| 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. |
| Nail |
n. |
To spike, as a cannon. |
| Nail-headed |
a. |
Having a head like that of a nail; formed so as to resemble the head of a nail. |
| Nailbrush |
n. |
A brush for cleaning the nails. |
| Nailed |
imp. & p. p. |
of Nail |
| Nailer |
n. |
One whose occupation is to make nails; a nail maker. |
| Nailer |
n. |
One who fastens with, or drives, nails. |
| Naileress |
n. |
A women who makes nailes. |
| Naileries |
pl. |
of Nailery |
| Nailery |
|
A manufactory where nails are made. |
| Nailing |
p. pr. & vb. n. |
of Nail |
| Nailless |
a. |
Without nails; having no nails. |
