nail-passer
now rare
noun
An awl, a gimlet.
Origin
Mid 17th century.
- short circuit
- shortcoming
- short commons
- short corner
- short covering
- shortcrust
- shortcrust pastry
- shortcut
- short-dated
- short-day
- short division
- short-eared owl
- shorten
- short end
- shortening
- shortfall
- short field
- short for
- short-fused
- short game
- shorthair
- short-haired
- shorthand
- short-handed
- shorthand typist