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Definition of To nail

To nail
Nail Nail, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nailed; p. pr. & vb. n. Nailing.] [AS. n[ae]glian. See Nail, n.] 1. To fasten with a nail or nails; to close up or secure by means of nails; as, to nail boards to the beams. He is now dead, and nailed in his chest. --Chaucer. 2. To stud or boss with nails, or as with nails. The rivets of your arms were nailed with gold. --Dryden. 3. To fasten, as with a nail; to bind or hold, as to a bargain or to acquiescence in an argument or assertion; hence, to catch; to trap. When they came to talk of places in town, you saw at once how I nailed them. --Goldsmith. 4. To spike, as a cannon. [Obs.] --Crabb. To nail a lie or an assertion, etc., to detect and expose it, so as to put a stop to its currency; -- an expression probably derived from the former practice of shopkeepers, who were accustomed to nail bad or counterfeit pieces of money to the counter.

Meaning of To nail from wikipedia

- Look up nail or nails in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Nail or Nails may refer to: Nail (anatomy), toughened protective protein-keratin (known as alpha-keratin...
- A nail is a protective plate characteristically found at the tip of the digits (fingers and toes) of all primates, corresponding to the claws in other...
- infection of the nail. Symptoms may include white or yellow nail discoloration, thickening of the nail, and separation of the nail from the nail bed. Fingernails...
- appearing on nails. It is derived from the Gr**** words leuko 'white' and onyx 'nail'. The most common cause is injury to the base of the nail (the matrix)...
- James Michael Aloysius Bradford (born 16 March 1954), known as Jimmy Nail, is an English singer-songwriter, actor, film producer, and television writer...
- Rusty Nail or Rusty nail often refers to: Literally, a nail (fastener) covered in rust Rusty nail (****tail), Scotch and Drambuie The terms may also refer...
- Nail polish (also known as nail varnish in British English or nail enamel) is a lacquer that can be applied to the human fingernails or toenails to decorate...
- Nail clubbing, also known as digital clubbing or clubbing, is a deformity of the finger or toe nails ****ociated with a number of diseases, anomalies and...
- For Want of a Nail For want of a nail the shoe was lost. For want of a shoe the horse was lost. For want of a horse the rider was lost. For want of a...
- Nail biting, also known as onychophagy or onychophagia, is an oral compulsive habit of biting one's fingernails. It is sometimes described as a parafunctional...