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nail
  1. The basal thickened portion of the anterior wings of certain hemiptera.
  2. A spike-shaped metal fastener used for joining wood or similar materials. The nail is generally driven through two or more layers of material by means of impacts from a hammer or other device. It is then held in place by friction.
  3. A round pedestal on which merchants once carried out their business, such as the four nails outside The Exchange, Bristol.
  4. An archaic English unit of length equivalent to 1/20th of an ell or 1/16th of a yard (2.25 inches or 5.715 cm).
  5. Synonyms:
  6. Examples:
    1. “Now, the trick is to hit the flat part of the nail with the flat part of the hammer, thus driving it into the wood.”
      “She tried to zip the suitcase shut and broke a nail in the process.”
nailer
  1. One whose occupation is to make nails; a nail maker.
  2. One who fastens with, or drives, nails.
  3. A nailgun.
  4. A piece of dimensional lumber and/or plywood secured to the deck or wall which provides a receiving medium for the fasteners. (Sometimes referred to as blocking.)
  5. Synonyms:
  6. Examples:
    1. “A basket holds the coil of roofing nails and adjusts for different nails If you incorrectly install a female fitting on a nailer or stapler.”
      “Allow the EPDM flashing to extend beyond the wall edge by minimum 50 mm and fully adhere it to the wood nailer over its full length.”
      “Ensure that the front part of the metal coping extends beyond the underside of the wood nailer by a minimum of 25 mm.”
nailset
  1. A tool used with a hammer for driving in nails, rather than striking the nail directly at the risk of damaging the surrounding surface.
  2. Examples:
    1. “To add interest to the surface and before fitting it over the plywood, we dimpled the copper using a hammer and nailset.”
      “Search out any protruding nail heads and countersink them with a nailset.”
nailing
nailbat
  1. (informal) A baseball bat with a nail or nails in it, as a weapon.
nailbed
  1. (medicine) The area underneath a nail in a human or other mammal
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “On close inspection one of the nails will be found to be damaged, often with the nailbed exposed.”
      “Highly specialized microvascular centers with improved techniques are successfully replanting distal amputations at the level of the nailbed.”
      “I love a gradation of color, like white at the nailbed that gradually blends to peach.”
nailery
  1. (archaic) A manufactory of nails.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Renovations to the house slowed, supplies for the nailery were disrupted, and he had to arrange for the sale of his crops through intermediaries.”
      “The nailery was quite profitable in its early years, supplying nails throughout Albemarle and Augusta counties.”
      “By the time the War of 1812 cut off the shipment of nailrod, the nailery had ceased to be a profitmaking operation.”
nailgun
  1. Alternative spelling of nail gun
nailhead
  1. The head of a nail.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Philadelphia cabinetmakers soon eliminated the nailhead problem by sliding the bottom boards into grooves cut into the drawer sides.”
      “Oly's interpretation of the traditional oval-armchair appears fresh in a creamy finish with raffia upholstery and nailhead trim.”
      “Just at the point of junction in the nailhead was a small convent garden, all scarlet, pink, white and dazzling emerald green.”
naileress
  1. (rare, archaic) A woman who makes nails.
nails
naileresses
  1. plural of naileress
nailheads
  1. plural of nailhead
nailbeds
  1. plural of nailbed
  2. Synonyms:
nailguns
  1. plural of nailgun
nailsets
  1. plural of nailset
nailbats
  1. plural of nailbat
nailings
naileries
  1. plural of nailery
nailers
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