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NAIL

Volume 3 · 47 words · 1771 Edition

ungus, in anatomy. See Anatomy, p. 256.

NAILS, in building, &c. Small spikes of iron, brads, &c., which being drove into wood, serve to bind several pieces together, or to fasten something upon them.

is also a measure of length, containing the sixteenth part of a yard.