0 the hard, slightly curved part that covers and protects the top of the end of a finger: --
1 the hard, smooth covering that protects the upper part of the end of a finger --
Similarly, their women-folk painted their faces and hair in various fantastic colours, and their fingernails resembled as closely as possible lobsters' claws.
He described coming across a peregrine nest thief hanging by his fingernails after slipping in pursuit of a nest.
At the end, it was hanging on by its financial fingernails from day to day.
The church is hanging on by its fingernails.
They are hanging on by their fingernails until the last possible moment, hoping that we will blow it and their bacon will be saved.
He had long hair, long fingernails.
Subjects wore snugly fitting rubber thimbles on their right thumb and index finger that were used to hold rigid metal tabs in place directly above their fingernails.
The procedure was repeated for the other warm-up item, nail (fingernail or iron nail).
