Hand-nail

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of handnail. alt-of, alternative

    "The workmen opened the lead, and to their great ſurprize, found the fleſh, hair, and toe and hand-nails, as perfect and ſound as though he had been dead hut ſix hours."

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fingernail

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"The workmen opened the lead, and to their great ſurprize, found the fleſh, hair, and toe and hand-nails, as perfect and ſound as though he had been dead hut ſix hours."

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