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Meaning of nail

- 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.

Crossword clue for nail

- A fastener
- Building spike
- Covering on the end of a finger
- Even Anna will fasten with hammer
- Fasten on end of finger
- Fastener
- Fastening device
- Fight tooth and ...
- Finalise, ... down
- Finger end
- Fingertip cover
- Hammer’s target
- It goes under the hammer!
- Large brad
- Manicured item
- Master (performance)
- Metal fastener
- Metal spike
- Metal spike that gets filed and painted
- Metal wood joiner
- Monorail has no room for Spike
- Nip
- Pin
- Tack on end of finger
- Talon
- Wood fastener
- You are absolutely right to hit one on the head!