Nail
Definition of Nail
Pronunciation: nāld n. | 1. | (Anat.) the horny scale of plate of epidermis at the end of the fingers and toes of man and many apes. | | 2. | (Zool.) The basal thickened portion of the anterior wings of certain hemiptera. | | 3. | A slender, pointed piece of metal, usually with a head{2}, used for fastening pieces of wood or other material together, by being driven into or through them. | | 4. | A measure of length, being two inches and a quarter, or the sixteenth of a yard. | v. t. | 1. | To fasten with a nail or nails; to close up or secure by means of nails; as, to nail boards to the beams. | | 2. | To stud or boss with nails, or as with nails. | | 3. | 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. | | 4. | To spike, as a cannon. |
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