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(transitive, obsolete) To drive a nail into a horseshoe; to lame.
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(combat sports) A joint lock where the elbow is hyperextended in order to cause pain or injury.
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(firearms) The rearmost surface applied to the grip especially of a pistol below a possible beavertail.
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A piece of wood with nails pointing out of it, on which a performer lies as a circus trick.
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(rowing) Acronym of Clip-on Load Adjusting Mechanism. A device that can be fitted onto an oar to adjust set.
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A device for restraint of the hands.
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simple past tense of clepe
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(UK, dialect) A latchkey.
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(transitive) To affix with a clothespin.
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Any device for gripping an object, as at the end of a chain or tackle.
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A knife handle having approximately the tapering hexagonal shape of a traditional coffin, with the tapering end nearest the blade.
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To form into a cue; to braid; to twist.
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(heraldry) A shackle or lock.
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Alternative form of fingernail [The hard, flat translucent covering near the tip of a human finger, useful for scratching and fine manipulation.]
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The hard, flat translucent covering near the tip of a human finger, useful for scratching and fine manipulation.
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A protective cover for the finger; a fingercot.
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One who carries out footbinding.
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Alternative form of handnail [(uncommon) Synonym of fingernail]
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Alternative form of handspike [A bar or lever, generally of wood, used in a windlass or capstan, for heaving anchor, and, in modified forms, for various purposes.]
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(uncommon) Synonym of fingernail
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A pointed upper corner of the toenail (often created by improperly trimming by rounding the corner) that, as the nail grows, presses into the flesh or protrudes so that it may catch (“hang”) on stockings or shoes.
v
(Scrabble) To play a word perpendicular to another word by adding a single letter to the existing word.
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Alternative spelling of key fob [An item carried on a key ring either as decoration or security.]
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(UK) A type of double-pronged hairgrip
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(transitive) To beat; to lash; to make stripes on.
n
One who or that which latches.
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A padlock symbolizing two people's love for each other.
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(intransitive) To drive a nail.
n
(figuratively) A situation which causes anxiety, suspense, nervousness or discomfort.
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Alternative form of nail Jell-O to a tree [(US, slang, rare) To do something that is impossible or very difficult, with connotations of pointlessness.]
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Alternative spelling of nail biter [(literally) One who habitually bites or chews their fingernails.]
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Alternative spelling of nail biter [(literally) One who habitually bites or chews their fingernails.]
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alternative form of nail biting [the habit of biting one's fingernails.]
adj
having long or overly protruding nails (fingernails or toenails)
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(transitive) To fit (an arrow) to a bow by means of the notch cut at the end of the arrow; to nock.
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A pincer-like gripping tool that multiplies the strength of the user's hand, often used for bending things.
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The attachment formed by pinning something in place.
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One whose job involves working with pins (any sense).
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A ceremony in which a pin badge is given.
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(East Anglia, US) A tool for levering; a crowbar, a lever.
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Raw or sensitive flesh, especially that underneath finger and toe nails.
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A conjurers' trick of bending an object back and forth to induce metal fatigue, so that it can be broken later by rubbing it.
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A dung beetle that rolls dung into balls.
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Somebody or something that screws.
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(obsolete) A sort of shackle.
adj
(rare) Capable of being sheathed. (usually a bladed weapon of some kind)
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(transitive) To latch, to lock.
adj
(slang) Armed; carrying a weapon.
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A pin or projection in a lock to form a guide for a movable piece.
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(manufacturing, construction, chemistry) The stickiness of a compound, related to its cohesive and adhesive properties.
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A projecting part of an object by means of which it is secured to a handle, or to some other part.
adj
Without a tang (projecting part of an object for securing it).
adj
Of a finger: having a thimble (“cup-shaped cap used in sewing to push the needle through material”) on the tip; of a person: wearing a thimble on one's finger.
adj
(in combination) Having some specific type of thumb.
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One who thumbs (a book, one's nose, etc.).
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An instrument of torture for compressing the thumb; a thumbscrew.
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The fingernail on the thumb.
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(countable) A device used to tap on a window or door from a distance.
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The action of seizing, grabbing, holding, or manipulating a given object with tongs.
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(historical) An ornamental accessory to a dress or other piece of clothing.
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(historical) An old measure equal to the length of the nail of the little finger.
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(Trinidad and Tobago) An artisan responsible for shaping the wire structures upon which carnival costumes are created.
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