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• Nail

  ·noun To spike, as a cannon. II. Nail ·noun To stud or boss with nails, or as with nails. III. Nai...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Nail

  For fastening. 1) Hebrew yathed, "piercing," a peg or nail of any material (Ezek. 15:3), more espec...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• to nail

  To fasten; to 'bind a person to a bargain. Ex. 'He offered the a dollar for this book, and I nailed ...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• Nail

  Of finger. (a) A nail or claw of man or animal. (b) A point or style e.g. for writing; see (Jeremiah...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• Bullen-nail

  ·noun A nail with a round head and short shank, tinned and lacquered. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Nail-headed

  ·adj Having a head like that of a nail; formed so as to resemble the head of a nail. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• nang-nail

  a piece of loose skin hanging from the top of the finger. North. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• nail, to

  Is colloquially used for binding a person to a bargain. In weighing articles of food, a nail is 8 lb...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• vice-nail

  A screw. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• nail-tailed wallaby

  n. See onychogale. ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• tree-nail wedge

  A cross is cut in the tree-nail end, and wedges driven in, caulked; or sometimes a wedge is driven i...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• dead as a door nail

  Utterly, completely dead. The figure is that of a nail driven into wood, and, therefore, perfectly i...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.