(n.) the horny scale of plate of epidermis at the end of the
fingers and toes of man and many apes.
(n.) The basal thickened portion of the anterior wings of certain
hemiptera.
(n.) The terminal horny plate on the beak of ducks, and other
allied birds.
(n.) 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.) A measure of length, being two inches and a quarter, or the
sixteenth of a yard.
(n.) To fasten with a nail or nails; to close up or secure by
means of nails; as, to nail boards to the beams.
(n.) To stud or boss with nails, or as with nails.
(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.
