agnail
[ag-neyl]
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noun
Origin of agnail
before 950; Middle English; Old English angnægl, equivalent to ang- tight, hard, painful + nægl corn (on foot), nail
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I am told that an "agnail" was formerly called a "step-mother" in Yorkshire.
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agnail
noun
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agnail
[ăg′nāl′]
n.
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