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nail
[Verb] To hit or to bring down, for example with gun shot.
Example: After a long investigation the police nailed the criminal.
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[n] - a former unit of length for cloth equal to 1/16 of a yard 2. [n] - horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits 3. [n] - a thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener 4. [v] - attach something somewhere by means o...
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Nail
Nail: In medicine, there are two types of nails. One is just a plain old metal nail used to hold 2 or more pieces of bone together, for example, after a fracture. The other type of nail is the horny plate on the end of the finger or toe. Each nail anatomically has a body, lateral nail folds (on the ...
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Nail
Nail noun [ Anglo-Saxon nægel , akin to Dutch nagel , OS ... Old High German nagal , German nagel , Icelandic nagl , nail (in sense 1), nagli nail (in sense 3), Swedish nagel nail (in senses 1 and 3), ...
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Nail
Nail transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Nailed ; present participle & verbal noun Nailing .] [ Anglo-Saxon næglian . See Nail , noun ]
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1. <anatomy> The horny scale of plate of epidermis at the end of the fingers and toes of man and many apes. 'His nayles like a briddes claws were.' (Chaucer) ... The nails are strictly homologous with hoofs and claws. When compressed, curved, and pointed, they are called talons or claws, and t...
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noun a thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener
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noun horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits
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noun a former unit of length for cloth equal to 1/16 of a yard
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(nāl) a rod of metal, bone, or other material used for fixation of the ends of fractured bones. a hardened or horny cutaneous plate overlying the dorsal surface of the distal end of a finger or toe. The nails are part of the outer layer of the skin and are composed of hard tissue formed of kera...
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Nail
• (n.) 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. • (n.) To spike, as a cannon. • (n.) The basal thickened portion of the anterior wings of certain hemiptera. • (n.) A slender, pointed piec...
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(from the article `finger`) ...derives ultimately from the digitus, the smallest of the basic Roman linear measures. From the digitus came the English nail, which equaled ...
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in the anatomy of humans and other primates, horny plate that grows on the back of each finger and toe at its outer end. It corresponds to the claw, ... [7 related articles]
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in construction and carpentry, a slender metal shaft that is pointed at one end and flattened at the other end and is used for fastening one or more ... [1 related articles]
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Nail
Nail is a Arabic boy name. The meaning of the name is `Successful` Where is it used? The name Nail is mainly used In Muslim.For the opposite sex use: In Muslim: Naila (F) The name Nail doesn`t appear In the US top 1000 most common names over de last 128 years. The name Nail seems to be unique!
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NAIL
Ripened Red Cherries I took in a kitchen which I took with my camera on 06/10/07. Cherry ...
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Nail
Nail is slang for to identify, catch or punish someone.
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Nail
Nail is slang for to identify, catch or punish someone.
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Nail
[album] Nail is a Scraping Foetus Off The Wheel album released by Self Immolation/Some Bizzare in 1985. It was initially released in the US by Homestead Records in 1985 and later by Thirsty Ear in 1995. In 2007, the album was re-released by Some Bizzare records in a digipack format with rema...
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Nail
[unit] A nail, as a unit of cloth measurement, is generally a sixteenth of a yard or 2{frac|4} inches (5.715 cm). The nail was apparently named after the practice of hammering brass nails into the counter at shops where cloth was sold. On the other hand, R D Connor, in The weights and measur...
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[relic] Relics that are claimed to be the Holy Nails with which Christ was crucified are objects of veneration among some Christians, i.e., among Catholics and the Eastern Orthodox. In Christian symbolism and art they figure among the Instruments of the Passion or Arma Christi, the objects a...
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Nail
[anatomy] The lunula (occasionally called simply "the moon") is the visible part of the matrix, the whitish crescent-shaped base of the visible nail. The lunula is largest in the thumb and often absent in the little finger. The nail bed is the skin beneath the nail plate. Like all skin, it i...
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[fastener] In woodworking and construction, a nail is a pin-shaped, sharp object of hard metal or alloy used as a fastener. Formerly wrought iron, today`s nails are typically made of steel, often dipped or coated to prevent corrosion in harsh conditions or improve adhesion. Ordinary nails fo...
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A sharpened piece of metal or plastic driven into timber to fasten a joint
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An appendage formed from the outer layer skin, the epidermis, which corresponds to the claw and hoof of other animals. The part of each nail which is normally visible is called the body of the nail. This lies on the nail bed which is formed by the corium, the pink color of which is easily seen thr.....
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