handnail
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handnail
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From hand + nail. Compare Old English handnæġl.
noun handnails · hand-nail
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Synonym of fingernail.
On opening the lead, the fleſh, hair, and toe and hand nails, were as perfect and ſound as though he had not been dead ſix hours.
Similar: fingernail
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title = {handnail},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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