• | the horny scale of plate of epidermis at the end of the fingers and toes of man and many apes. |
• | The basal thickened portion of the anterior wings of certain hemiptera. |
• | The terminal horny plate on the beak of ducks, and other allied birds. |
• | A slender, pointed piece of metal, usually with a head, used for fastening pieces of wood or other material together, by being driven into or through them. |
• | A measure of length, being two inches and a quarter, or the sixteenth of a yard. |
• | To fasten with a nail or nails; to close up or secure by means of nails; as, to nail boards to the beams. |
• | To stud or boss with nails, or as with nails. |
• | 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. |
• | To spike, as a cannon. |
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