HANGNAIL
NOUNS
– AGNAIL a hangnail …1899 Amer. dial.
– ANGERNAIL a loose piece of skin at the base of the fingernail …BK1898 Eng. dial.
– ANGNAIL a loose piece of skin at the base of the fingernail …BK1898 Eng. dial.
– BACKFRIEND a piece of loose, irritating skin at the base of the fingernail; a hangnail …1864 Eng. dial.
– CANKER-NAIL a painful slip of flesh at the base of the fingernail …1825 Sc.
– FAN-NAIL a loose piece of skin at the base of the fingernail; a hangnail …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– IDLE-BACK a loose piece of skin about the fingernail; a hangnail …1877 Eng. dial.
– IDLED-BACK a piece of loose skin by the fingernail …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– IDLE-WART a hangnail …1856 Eng. dial.
– IDLE-WEAL a hangnail …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– IDLE-WELT a hangnail …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– LAZY-JACK a hangnail …1905 Amer. dial.
– NAIL-HAGS the little bits of skin which turn back near the fingernails ..Bk1903 Eng. dial.
– NAIL-SPRINGS the little bits of skin which turn back near the fingernails ..Bk1903 Eng. dial.
– NANGNAIL a loose piece of skin at the base of the fingernail; a hangnail …1790 Eng. dial.
– QUICK-SPRING a piece of loose skin behind the fingernail; a hangnail …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– RAG-NAIL a loose piece of skin at the side of the fingernail; a hangnail …1866 Sc.
– RING-AROUND a swelling or infection in a finger, esp. surrounding the nail; a hangnail …1950 Amer. dial.
– THANG-NAIL a hangnail …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
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