LekhoriLekhoriThe thin, horny plate at the ends of fingers and toes on humans and some other animals.
When I'm nervous I bite my nails.
The basal thickened portion of the anterior wings of certain hemiptera.
The terminal horny plate on the beak of ducks, and other allied birds.
To fix (an object) to another object using a nail.
He nailed the placard to the post.
A surname transferred from the nickname.
From Middle English nail, nayl, Old English næġl, from Proto-West Germanic *nagl, from Proto-Germanic *naglaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nogʰ- (“nail”). Cognates Compare North Frisian Nail (“nail”),...
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To stud or boss with nails, or as if with nails.
The rivets of their arms were nail'd with gold.