To walk quadrupedally with the forelimbs holding the fingers in a partially flexed posture that allows body weight to press down on the ground through the knuckles.

(roofing, nautical) The degradation of the roofing nails of a house or the nails of a boat, necessitating repair.

simple past tense and past participle of salaam

(medicine) A type of brace which either prevents or assists movement of a limb or the spine.