A clout nail.
The center of the butt at which archers shoot; probably once a piece of white cloth or a nail head.
Influence or effectiveness, especially political.
A home run.
A blow with the hand.
To cover with cloth, leather, or other material; to bandage, patch, or mend with a clout.
To stud with nails, as a timber, or a boot sole.
To guard with an iron plate, as an axletree.
To hit, especially with the fist.
To join or patch clumsily.
A sharp, needle-like piece.
A needle-like mating structure found only in male nematodes.
A tiny glass flake formed during the manufacture of glass vials
A small spike of flowers.
A jet of matter ejected from the photosphere of the sun.
Any of many needle-like crystalline structures that provide skeletal support in marine invertebrates like sponges.