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Slow-moving, like a snail. Bid the snail-paced Ajax arm for shame. Shak.

See Sea snail (a).

An outwork in the main ditch, in front of the curtain, between two bastions. See Illust. of Ravelin.

A work constructed on each side of the ravelins, to increase their strength, procure additional ground beyond the ditch, or cover the shoulders of the bastions.

sed in fastening the planks of a vessel to the timbers or to each other. [Written also trenail, and trunnel.]

Same as Treenail.

To remove the nails from; to unfasten by removing nails.

ny aquatic pulmonate gastropod belonging to Planorbis, Limnæa, and allied genera; a pond snail.

A genus of land snails, often large, common in the warm parts of America and Africa.

The state of torpidity induced by the heat and dryness of summer, as in certain snails; -- opposed to hibernation.

fix in a stable condition; as, to anchor the cables of a suspension bridge. Till that my nails were anchored in thine eyes. Shak.

ed characters, characters the elements of which consist of strokes resembling arrowheads, nailheads, or wedges; -- hence called also nail-headed, wedge-formed, cuneiform, or cuneatic characters; the oldest written characters used in the country about the Tigris and Euphrates, and subsequently in Persia, and abounding a…

found in Madagascar (Cheiromys Madagascariensis), remarkable for its long fingers, sharp nails, and rodent-like incisor teeth.

p of Pulmonifera having the eyes at the base of the tentacles, including the common pond snails.

n door (Arch.), a door made of boards of the whole length of the door, secured by battens nailed crosswise.

Furring done with small pieces nailed directly upon the wall.

To tear with the nails; to cover with scratches.

i. e., the space which is covered with three thicknesses; also, the distance between the nail of the under slate and the lower edge of the upper slate. -- Bond timber, timber worked into a wall to tie or strengthen it longitudinally.

A thin nail, usually small, with a slight projection at the top on one side instead of a head; also, a small wire nail, with a flat circular head; sometimes, a small, tapering, square-bodied finishing nail, with a countersunk head.

A genus of land snails having an elongated spiral shell, often of large size. The species are numerous ingabundant in tropical America.