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hangnail |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hangnail \Hang"nail`\, n. [A corruption of agnail.] A small piece or silver of skin which hangs loose, near the root of finger nail. --Holloway. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: hangnail n : a loose narrow strip of skin near the base of a fingernail; tearing it produces a painful sore that is easily infected [syn: {agnail}]
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