An old horseshoe nail; a nail broken off. / A short, thick nail.

A round projectile with an iron bolt protruding to prevent it from turning in the gun.

(anatomy) The hard, exposed portion of a fingernail or toenail, made of translucent keratin protein. / Iron in the form of plates, from which cut nails are made.

A nail with a convex, faceted head.

A cast nail used for fastening vines to brick walls.

plural of nail house

A metal rod forced into the medullary cavity of a bone to treat a fracture.

a carpenter's tool used to hammer nail heads in to just below the surface of the wood, something that cannot be achieved with a hammer alone.

plural of nail punch

(colloquial, informal, slang) A weapon made by hammering nails into a wooden baseball bat, used for offense or defense.