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Definition of Nailless
1. a. Without nails; having no nails.
Definition of Nailless
1. Adjective. Without a nail or nails. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Nailless
1. without nails [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nailless
Literary usage of Nailless
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Wooden Box and Crate Construction by Forest Products Laboratory (U.S.) (1921)
"nailless straps placed some distance from the ends of a box absorb ... nailless
straps do not add as much rigidity to a box as nailed straps and have less ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"Hind feet, short and broad, with five well-developed toes ; the hallux large,
nailless and opposable ; the second and third slender and united by a common ..."
3. The Scientific Memoirs of Thomas Henry Huxley by Thomas Henry Huxley, Michael Foster (1899)
"The index finger is rudimentary and nailless. The dental formula—i. -^ ; c.
j^|; pm. *~|; in. ^. The anterior upper molars have oblique ridges and are ..."
4. Outlines of Zoology by John Arthur Thomson, Marion Isabel Newbigin (1906)
"The fore-feet have five distinct toes, with strong nails ; the hind-feet have a
small nailless hallux, the second, third, and fourth toes partly united by ..."
5. A Natural History of the Mammalia by George Robert Waterhouse (1846)
"... and nailless, the remaining three well developed, and furnished with large,
strong, and solid nails, covering ungual phalanges, which are cleft above, ..."
6. Mountain Craft by Geoffrey Winthrop Young (1920)
"They should be nailed—lightly nailed, of course, but on no account entirely nailless.
The nailless skiing boot is a superstition imported from Norway, ..."
7. Export Packing: A Guide to the Methods Employed by Successful Shippers by Charles Carroll Martin, David Thomas Abercrombie, Harry Neil Knowlton, M. C. Fitz Gerald (1921)
"nailless strap and wire are always applied in from the box end, ... It is also
a good plan with nailless strap or wire,- to fasten it with nails or staples ..."
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