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.
n.
To spike, as a cannon.
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A brush for cleaning the nails.
n.
One whose occupation is to make nails; a nail maker.
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One who fastens with, or drives, nails.
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A women who makes nailes.
A manufactory where nails are made.
a.
Having a head like that of a nail; formed so as to resemble the head of a nail.
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Without nails; having no nails.
n.
A thick sort of jaconet muslin, plain or striped, formerly made in India.
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Having native or unaffected simplicity; ingenuous; artless; frank; as, naive manners; a naive person; naive and unsophisticated remarks.
n.
Native simplicity; unaffected plainness or ingenuousness; artlessness.
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Having no clothes on; uncovered; nude; bare; as, a naked body; a naked limb; a naked sword.
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Having no means of defense or protection; open; unarmed; defenseless.