vice-nail

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• vice

  vĭce and vĭcem, v. vicis. ...

  A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

• vice

  vice, vicem see vicis. ...

  An Elementary Latin Dictionary

• Vice

  ·noun A gripe or grasp. II. Vice ·vt To hold or squeeze with a vice, or as if with a vice. III. Vi...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• 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

  a nail of beef, eight pounds. S. ...

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

• 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

• Vice-regal

  ·adj Of or pertaining to a viceroy or viceroyalty. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• vice-admiral

  The rank in the fleet next to that of an admiral; he carries his flag at the fore. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• vice-consul

  An officer appointed in sea-ports to aid the consul in affairs relating to merchant vessels. If ther...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• 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-admiralty courts

  Branches of the High Court of Admiralty, instituted for carrying on the like duties in several of ou...

  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

• register of vice-admiralty court

  Not responsible for money transmitted under proper precautions, and in the usual course of business,...

  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.

• vice admiral of the narrow seas

  A drunken man that pisses under the table into his companions' shoes. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose