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Webster 1913 Edition


Nail-headed

Nail′-headˊed

,
Adj.
Having a head like that of a nail; formed so as to resemble the head of a nail.
Nail-headed characters
,
arrowheaded or cuneiform characters. See under
Arrowheaded
.
Nail-headed molding
(Arch.)
,
an ornament consisting of a series of low four-sided pyramids resembling the heads of large nails; – called also
nail-head molding
, or
nail-head
. It is the same as the simplest form of dogtooth. See
Dogtooth
.