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v. i.
To use the claws or nails in tearing or in digging; to make scratches.
v. t.
To remove the nails from; to unfasten by removing nails.
n.
A kind of shot formerly used at sea for tearing sails and rigging. It consisted of bolts, nails, and other pieces of iron fastened together or inclosed in a canister.
v. t.
To rub and tear or mark the surface of with something sharp or ragged; to scrape, roughen, or wound slightly by drawing something pointed or rough across, as the claws, the nails, a pin, or the like.
a.
Producing, having, or supporting nails or claws.
interj.
God's nails, or His nails, that is, the nails with which the Savior was fastened to the cross; -- an ancient form of oath, corresponding to 'Od's bodikins (dim. of body, i.e., God's dear body).
n.
Divination by the nails.
n.
A mark made by impression; a line, character, figure, or indentation, made by the pressure of one thing on another; as, the print of teeth or nails in flesh; the print of the foot in sand or snow.
n.
A position in thrusting or parrying in which the wrist and nails are turned downward.
v. t.
To fasten with spikes, or long, large nails; as, to spike down planks.
v. t.
To make (wares or other products) by hand, by machinery, or by other agency; as, to manufacture cloth, nails, glass, etc.
n.
A cutaneous disease which first appears as blebs or as reddish, shining, slightly prominent spots, with spreading edges. These are often followed by an eruption of dark or yellowish prominent nodules, frequently producing great deformity. In one variety of the disease, anaesthesia of the skin is a prominent symptom. In addition there may be wasting of the muscles, falling out of the hair and nails, and distortion of the hands and feet with destruction of the bones and joints. It is incurable, and is probably contagious.
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Furnished with nails, claws, or hooks; clawed. See the Note under Nail, n., 1.
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Denoting a size of nails. See 1st Penny.
n.
Specifically, a kind of nail with a spiral thread and a head with a nick to receive the end of the screw-driver. Screws are much used to hold together pieces of wood or to fasten something; -- called also wood screws, and screw nails. See also Screw bolt, below.
n.
A wooden block, of the size of a brick, built into a wall, as a hold for the nails of woodwork.
a.
Having the end secured by nails driven obliquely, said of a board, plank, or joist serving as a brace, and in general of any part of a frame secured to other parts by diagonal nailing.
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A person who makes a business of taking care of people's hands, especially their nails.
n.
A pinch with the nails or teeth.
n. pl.
An extensive division of Mammalia including those having claws or nails, as distinguished from the hoofed animals (Ungulata).
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