Available Definitions:
1) n. - the horny scale of plate of epidermis at the end of the fingers and toes of man and many apes.
2) n. - The basal thickened portion of the anterior wings of certain hemiptera.
3) n. - The terminal horny plate on the beak of ducks, and other allied birds.
4) n. - A slender, pointed piece of metal, usually with a head, used for fastening pieces of wood or other material together, by being driven into or through them.
5) a. - A measure of length, being two inches and a quarter, or the sixteenth of a yard.
6) n. - To fasten with a nail or nails; to close up or secure by means of nails; as, to nail boards to the beams.
7) n. - To stud or boss with nails, or as with nails.
8) n. - 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.
9) n. - To spike, as a cannon.