NAILERY
\nˈe͡ɪləɹi], \nˈeɪləɹi], \n_ˈeɪ_l_ə_ɹ_i]\
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A manufactory of nails.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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A nail manufactory: on the nail, without delay; immediately: to hit the nail on the head, to touch the exact point; to understand the matter: nail-headed copper ore, the name given in Cornwall to certain crystals of chalcosine, from their fanciful resemblance to the heads of nails. Note.- When the nails are compressed, curved or pointed, and extended beyond the digit, they are called talons or claws; when they encase the extremity of a digit like a box they are clled hoofs.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
