Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Same as toe, transitive verb, 4.
  • noun A nail growing on one of the toes of the human foot. See nail.
  • noun A nail driven in obliquely to fasten the end of a board or other piece of timber to the surface of another.

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Examples

  • Hoo-Hoo, lying on his stomach and idly digging his toes in the sand, cried out and investigated, first, his toe-nail, and next, the small hole he had dug.

    Page 8 2010

  • He missed most of one Test, a match England narrowly lost, after his big toe-nail was ripped off as he stamped down on the hard ground in his action, leaving his toe infected, but he was back playing the next Test a week later.

    Maurice Tate was a true Ashes hero but now weeds claim his grave Stephen Bates 2010

  • Cutting your nails carefully and using an emery board to file the rough edges is a great way to eliminate potential toe-nail pain.

    Dr. Steve Rosenberg: Holiday Tips for Your Toes Dr. Steve Rosenberg 2010

  • Cutting your nails carefully and using an emery board to file the rough edges is a great way to eliminate potential toe-nail pain.

    Dr. Steve Rosenberg: Holiday Tips for Your Toes Dr. Steve Rosenberg 2010

  • Sally Herschberger looks like an escaped mental patient with that squirrel bitten toe-nail clippered 'do.

    Jenny Previews SHEAR GENIUS | the TV addict 2007

  • “I killed a shark as big as a canoe once with noth­ing but a pair of toe-nail clip­pers.”

    Itaewan 2009

  • The top price for a wash, blow dry, clip, ear-plucking, and toe-nail trim is about $135, probably less at the Senate barbershop.

    Archive 2008-11-01 Tenured Radical 2008

  • Last year it was every issue down to conservative toe-nail trimming.

    Archive 2008-02-01 Dave 2008

  • Needless to say, I piped up and said I had toe-nail polish.

    5 months in Bolivia Mike And Britt in Bolivia 2008

  • Needless to say, I piped up and said I had toe-nail polish.

    Archive 2008-01-01 Mike And Britt in Bolivia 2008

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