Nail (n.) A slender, pointed piece of metal, usually with a head, used for fastening pieces of wood or other material together, by being driven into or through them. Nail (a.) A measure of length, being two inches and a quarter, or the sixteenth of a yard. Nailed (imp. & p. ...
It includes Hesperornis, and allied genera. See Hesperornis. Odontolite (n.) A fossil tooth colored a bright blue by phosphate of iron. It is used as an imitation of turquoise, and hence called bone turquoise. Odontology (n.) The science which treats of the teeth, their structure and ...