| − | [[Image:15.jpg|right|250px|thumb]] A '''Nail''' is a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of [[metal]], usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through [[wood]], other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
| + | A '''Nail''' is a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of [[metal]], usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through [[wood]], other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together. |
| | It can also mean a thin, horny plate, consisting of modified epidermis, growing on the upper side of the end of a [[finger]] or [[toe]]. | | It can also mean a thin, horny plate, consisting of modified epidermis, growing on the upper side of the end of a [[finger]] or [[toe]]. |