hang-nails

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• Hang

  ·noun A sharp or steep declivity or slope. II. Hang ·vi To slope down; as, hanging grounds. III. H...

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• hang

  'To get the hang of a thing,' is to get the knack, or habitual facility of doing it well. A low expr...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• hang

  In timber, opposed to sny (which see). ♦ To hang. Said of a mast that inclines; it hangs forward, ...

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• Hang-bies

  ·pl of Hang-by. ...

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• Hang-by

  ·noun A dependent; a hanger-on; — so called in contempt. ...

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• hang out

  The traps scavey where we hang out; the officers know where we live. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• hang up

  v. to tie up a horse. 1860. W. Kelly, `Life in Victoria,' p. 49 [Footnote]: «In Melbourne there a...

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

• to hang around

  To loiter about. To 'hang around' a person, is to hang about him, to seek to be intimate with him. ...

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• hang-fire

  When the priming burns without igniting the cartridge, or the charge does not rapidly ignite after p...

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• clout-nails

  Short nails with large heads for the soles of strong shoes.--Hartshorne's Shropshire. ...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• ang-nails

  corns on the feet. Cumb. ...

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

• boat-nails

  Those supplied for the carpenter's use are of various lengths, generally rose-headed, square at the ...

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• clamp-nails

  Such nails as are used to fasten clamps; they are short and stout, with large heads. ...

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• clench-nails

  They are much used in boat-building, being such as can be driven without splitting the boards, and d...

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• clincher-nails

  Those which are of malleable metal, as copper, wrought iron, &c., which clinch by turning back the p...

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• clout-nails

  [Fr. clouter]. To stud with nails, as ships' bottoms and piles were before the introduction of sheet...

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• composition nails

  Those which are made of mixed metal, and which, being largely used for nailing on copper sheathing, ...

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• copper-nails

  These are chiefly used in boat-building, and for plank nails in the vicinity of the binnacle, as iro...

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• deck-nails

  A kind of spike with a snug head, commonly made in a diamond form; they are single or double deck-na...

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• doubling-nails

  The nails commonly used in doubling. ...

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• flat-nails

  Small sharp-pointed nails with flat thin heads, longer than tacks, for nailing the scarphs of moulds...

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• lead-nails

  Small round-headed composition nails for nailing lead. ...

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• port-nails

  These are classed double and single: they are similar to clamp-nails, and like them are used for fas...

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• ribbing-nails

  Similar to deck-nails, but not so fine; they have large round heads with rings, so as to prevent the...

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• scupper-nails

  Short nails with very broad flat heads, used to nail the flaps of the scuppers, so as to retain the ...

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• sheathing-nails

  These are used to fasten wood-sheathing, and prevent the filling-nails from tearing it too much. Tho...

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• spike-nails

  See deck-nails. ...

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• tree-nails

  Long cylindrical oak or other hard wood pins, driven through the planks and timbers of a vessel to c...

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• weight-nails

  Somewhat similar to deck-nails, but not so fine, and with square heads; for fastening cleats and the...

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• to hang an arse

  To hang back, to hesitate. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• hang gallows look

  A thievish, or villainous appearance. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• hang in chains

  A vile, desperate fellow. Persons guilty of murder, or other atrocious crimes, are frequently, after...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• hang it up

  Score it up: speaking of a reckoning. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• hang on her!

  In rowing, is the order to stretch out to the utmost to preserve or increase head-way on the boat. ...

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• bag of nails

  He squints like a bag of nails; i. e. his eyes are directed as many ways as the points of a bag of n...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• jack-sharp-nails

  a prickle-back ; called also, in Middlesex, a strickle-back. Derb. ...

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

• double deck-nails

  See deck-nails. ...

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• nails of sorts

  Nails used in carpentry under the denominations of 4, 6, 8, 10, 24, 30, and 40 penny-nails, all of d...

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• to hang up one's fiddle

  To desist; to give up. When a man loses his temper and ain't cool, he might as well hang up his fid...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• odds plut and her nails

  A Welch oath, frequently mentioned in a jocular manner by persons, it is hoped, ignorant of its mean...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose