Definition of Nail plate. Meaning of Nail plate. Synonyms of Nail plate

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Definition of Nail plate

Nail plate
4. A measure of length, being two inches and a quarter, or the sixteenth of a yard. Nail ball (Ordnance), a round projectile with an iron bolt protruding to prevent it from turning in the gun. Nail plate, iron in plates from which cut nails are made. On the nail, in hand; on the spot; immediately; without delay or time of credit; as, to pay money on the nail. ``You shall have ten thousand pounds on the nail.' --Beaconsfield. To hit the nail on the head, to hit most effectively; to do or say a thing in the right way.

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