agnail
[ ag-neyl ]
Origin of agnail
1before 950; Middle English; Old English angnægl, equivalent to ang- tight, hard, painful + nægl corn (on foot), nail
Words Nearby agnail
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How to use agnail in a sentence
I am told that an "agnail" was formerly called a "step-mother" in Yorkshire.
The Romance of Words (4th ed.) | Ernest Weekley
British Dictionary definitions for agnail
agnail
/ (ˈæɡˌneɪl) /
noun
another name for hangnail
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