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41nail — 1. noun /neɪl/ a) The thin, horny plate at the ends of fingers and toes on humans and some other animals. b) A spike shaped metal fastener used for joining wood or similar materials. The nail is generally driven through two or more layers of… …
42Nail — For fastening. 1) Hebrew yathed, piercing, a peg or nail of any material (Ezek. 15:3), more especially a tent peg (Ex. 27:19; 35:18; 38:20), with one of which Jael (q.v.) pierced the temples of Sisera (Judg. 4:21, 22). This word is also… …
43Nail — Recorded as Nail, Naile, Nailer, Nayler, and Naylor, this is an English occupational surname. It describes a nail maker, from a period in history in the 13th century when this was a separate guild of specialised makers. The derivation is from the …
44nail — [OE] The Indo European ancestor of nail was *nogh or *onogh . The latter was the source of Latin unguis (which evolved into French ongle and Italian unghia and has given English ungulate [19]) and Greek ónux (source of English onyx). Both these… …
45nail — 1) Cigarette short version of coffin nail slang from the 20s to 40s and later. Can I bum a nail from you? I ll go buy us a pack in a little bit. 2) Hairstyle featuring an abrupt transition from longish hair on top to much shorter hair on the… …
46nail — 1) Cigarette short version of coffin nail slang from the 20s to 40s and later. Can I bum a nail from you? I ll go buy us a pack in a little bit. 2) Hairstyle featuring an abrupt transition from longish hair on top to much shorter hair on the… …
47nail — 1. American (of a male) to copulate with Perhaps from the slang nail, a penis, or from an analogy with screw1. The rhyming slang hammer and nail, tail1, opens yet another line of etymological enquiry: Until April [Congressman Gary… …
48nail — 1. noun 1) fastened with nails Syn: tack, spike, pin, rivet; finishing nail, roofing nail, hobnail, brad 2) polishing her nails Syn: fingernail, thumbnail, toenail 2 …
49nail up — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms nail up : present tense I/you/we/they nail up he/she/it nails up present participle nailing up past tense nailed up past participle nailed up 1) to use nails to fasten a door or window firmly shut 2) to fix… …
50nail — [OE] The Indo European ancestor of nail was *nogh or *onogh . The latter was the source of Latin unguis (which evolved into French ongle and Italian unghia and has given English ungulate [19]) and Greek ónux (source of English onyx). Both these… …
