Handnail

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of fingernail. uncommon

    "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."

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fingernail

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"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."

Etymology

From hand + nail. Compare Old English handnæġl.

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