10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AGNAIL»
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An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language
Works, p. 675!!.— V. aiguillette, a point (Cotgrave), dimin. of aiguille, a needle ;
formed by adding the dimin. fern, suffix -ette. — Low Lat. acucula, dimin. of lit.
acus, a needle. — VA.K, to pierce. See Acute. AGNAIL, a corn on the foot;
obsolete.
Walter William Skeat,
1898
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The Merriam-Webster New Book of Word Histories
E, a game of forfeits and exchange in which the players held forfeit money in a
cap, alter. of hand in cap] handlebar mustache See sideburns. hangnail Hangnail
is derived by folk etymology from agnail or angnail, 'a sore or inflammation ...
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Transactions of the American Philological Association
An angnail, an agnail, is taken in provincial use as a nangnail, a nagnail. (a) With
the shell of a pomegarned, they purge away angnaylles and such hard
swellinges. 1568 Tl'RNER, Herbal. (Wr. p. 39). Agnail, a point of detached skin on
the ...
American Philological Association,
1892
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A Dictionary Murathee English: compiled for the Government ...
•HSR* sn W (Fr spa) A whitlow, an agnail. •WsfaE^? sn A contemptuous form of
the word .r^r, and applied, as the English "claw" to an overgrown, ugly nail. 2 A
whitlow, an agnail. •PSR^TJT sc (j | y [J*>i •P) A coquettish, airy, affected person ...
James T. Molesworth,
1831
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Carnal Knowledge: A Navel Gazer's Dictionary of Anatomy, ...
The origin of hangnail (which first appeared in 1678) is agnail (circa 950). An
agnail was not a hangnail at all but a sore on the foot. The ag- in agnail means "
tight and painful" — think agony and aggrieve. The suffix -agra means "pain," ...
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South Asian Languages: Structure, Convergence, and Diglossia
On the other hand, the analyzed text of TS 6.5.8.4 has agnail iti aha, with iti
following agnali, and from this one should get agnal Ity dha{ [The priest] says "
agnail".') of the continuously recited text. But in terms of (7)TPr. 1.3 the -i of agnaii
and ...
Bhadriraju Krishnamurti, Colin P. Masica, Anjani Kumar Sinha,
1986
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The English Dialect Dictionary: Being the Complete ...
[A-, on+gley; see Gley, v. (to squint).] AGNAIL, sb. n.Cy. Lan. Not. Lin. Lei. Nhp.
Nrf. Cor. Also called angnail, angernail, hangnail, nangnail, gnangnail. See
below, [a'gnel, a'rjnel, na'rjnel, Yks. ne'rjnel.] See Nangnail. 1. A loose piece of
skin at ...
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The English Dialect Dictionary, Being the Complete ...
Rnf. We haena mense like cruel man; Yet tho'he's paukier far than we, What reek
! he gangs as aft aglee, PICK!-IN Poems(i788) I. 67. [A-, on +gIe3/; see Gley, v. (to
squint).] AGNAIL,sb. n.Cy. Lan. Not. Lin. Lei. Nhp. Nrf. Cor. Also called angnail ...
E. D.) Agnail, a sore at the root of the nail on the fingers or toes. Bailey (1721). 3.
A hangnail; a small piece of partly separated skin at the root of a nail or beside it.
agname (ag'nam), n. [< ag- + name, after L. agnomen.'] An appellation over and ...
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An Etymological Dictionary of Modern English
23 agnail agnail [dial.]. Orig. corn on the foot; later, painful swelling of any hind.
Now used in dial, of loose shin or soreness at root of finger-nails. This meanm.g,
lihe the corrupted forms hang-nail and anger-nail, is due to mistahen association
...
3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AGNAIL»
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Remedies For Dark Fingers n Toenails
In certain cases trauma, agnail or even excessive use of low quality nail polish will result in nail discolouration. Usually, a black nail is due to ... «BoldSky, Mar 13»
So wrong it's right
But we no longer beat ourselves up because our forebears substituted groom for the Old English guma (“man”), or modified agnail (“painful ... «Boston Globe, Sep 10»
Property salesman jailed over money laundering
During the investigation, codenamed Operation Agnail, the investigators found Maurice used a money exchange bureau in Worthing ... «Independent, Mar 10»