To drive a nail.
To stud or boss with nails, or as if with nails.
To expose as a sham.
To catch.
Of a male, to engage in sexual intercourse with.
To spike, as a cannon.
To hit (a target) effectively with some weapon.
To accomplish (a task) completely and successfully.
To fix (an object) to another object using a nail.
To nail down: to make certain, or confirm.
A spike-shaped metal fastener used for joining wood or similar materials. The nail is generally driven through two or more layers of material by means of impacts from a hammer or other device. It is then held in place by friction.
The terminal horny plate on the beak of ducks, and other allied birds.
The basal thickened portion of the anterior wings of certain hemiptera.
A round pedestal on which merchants once carried out their business, such as the four nails outside The Exchange, Bristol.
An archaic English unit of length equivalent to ¹⁄₂₀ of an ell or ¹⁄₁₆ of a yard (2+¹⁄₄ inches or 5.715 cm).
The thin, horny plate at the ends of fingers and toes on humans and some other animals.
The claw of a bird or other animal.
To nail with a tack (small nail with a flat head).
To maneuver a sailing vessel so that its bow turns through the wind, i.e. the wind changes from one side of the vessel to the other.
To add something as an extra item.
To sew/stitch with a tack (loose seam used to temporarily fasten pieces of cloth).
to tack (something) onto (something)
To place the tack on a horse; often paired with "up".
The distance a sailing vessel runs between these maneuvers when working to windward; a board.
A rope used to hold in place the foremost lower corners of the courses when the vessel is close-hauled; also, a rope employed to pull the lower corner of a studding sail to the boom.
Any of the various equipment and accessories worn by horses in the course of their use as domesticated animals.
The maneuver by which a sailing vessel turns its bow through the wind so that the wind changes from one side to the other.
A contract by which the use of a thing is set, or let, for hire; a lease.
The stickiness of a compound, related to its cohesive and adhesive properties.
That which is tacky; something cheap and gaudy.
A small nail with a flat head.
A stain; a tache.
That which is attached; a supplement; an appendix.
A direction or course of action, especially a new one.
A course or heading that enables a sailing vessel to head upwind.
Food generally; fare, especially of the bread kind.
A loose seam used to temporarily fasten pieces of cloth.
A thumbtack.
The lower corner on the leading edge of a sail relative to the direction of the wind.