Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The thin, horny, transparent plate covering the upper surface of the end of a toe.
  • noun A nail driven obliquely, as to join vertical and horizontal beams.
  • transitive verb To secure (beams) with obliquely driven nails.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The thin, horny, transparent plate covering the upper surface of the end of a toe
  • verb transitive To fasten two boards together by applying nails into both boards at a 45 degree angle.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb drive obliquely
  • noun the nail at the end of a toe

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