nail-likeadj.

Brit.

/ˈneɪllʌɪk/, U.S.

/ˈneɪ(l)ˌlaɪk/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: nail n., -like suffix.

Etymology: < nail n. + -like suffix.

1. Resembling a metal nail in shape or function.In quot. 1809 with allusion to one nail drives out another at nail n. Phrases 1a.

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1809 C. Dibdin Lion & Water-wagtail ii. 84 A fashion new must make a rout, Which, nail-like, drives the old one out.

1855 A. B. Garrod Essentials Materia Medica 152 The clove is a small, tapering, nail-like body.

1920 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 50 79 Both kinds of canoes have a new type of attachment which consists of a nail-like wooden spike or stick.

1999 Bowls Internat. May 53/3 (caption) A Sarel roller with nail-like tines is useful for light summer aeration or surface pricking.

2. Resembling a human or animal nail in appearance or function.

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1840 E. Blyth et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom 261 The corneous portion is restricted to the nail-like extremity.

1891 W. H. Flower & R. Lydekker Introd. Study Mammals 49 Occasionally, as in Pedetes caffer, the so-called prepollex consists of two bones, of which the distal one bears a distinct nail-like horny covering.

1920 Sci. Monthly Aug. 108 The feet are short and broad with nail-like hoofs around the edge.

1983 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 17 July v. 7/2 He was sidelined for two months with..a crack in the hard, nail-like covering of the hoof.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nail-like
释义	nail-likeadj. Brit. /ˈneɪllʌɪk/, U.S. /ˈneɪ(l)ˌlaɪk/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: nail n., -like suffix. Etymology: < nail n. + -like suffix. 1. Resembling a metal nail in shape or function.In quot. 1809 with allusion to one nail drives out another at nail n. Phrases 1a. ΚΠ 1809 C. Dibdin Lion & Water-wagtail ii. 84 A fashion new must make a rout, Which, nail-like, drives the old one out. 1855 A. B. Garrod Essentials Materia Medica 152 The clove is a small, tapering, nail-like body. 1920 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 50 79 Both kinds of canoes have a new type of attachment which consists of a nail-like wooden spike or stick. 1999 Bowls Internat. May 53/3 (caption) A Sarel roller with nail-like tines is useful for light summer aeration or surface pricking. 2. Resembling a human or animal nail in appearance or function. ΚΠ 1840 E. Blyth et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom 261 The corneous portion is restricted to the nail-like extremity. 1891 W. H. Flower & R. Lydekker Introd. Study Mammals 49 Occasionally, as in Pedetes caffer, the so-called prepollex consists of two bones, of which the distal one bears a distinct nail-like horny covering. 1920 Sci. Monthly Aug. 108 The feet are short and broad with nail-like hoofs around the edge. 1983 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 17 July v. 7/2 He was sidelined for two months with..a crack in the hard, nail-like covering of the hoof. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1809
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