(a) any one of the nails of the hand (sometimes as opposed to the foot); = fingernail, n.; (b) a handmade nail (now rare); (c) a nail designed to be…

A smooth horny plate on the upper surface of the end of each finger. Cf. nail, n. 1a toenail n. (a) at toe, n. compounds 2.

A fingernail.

slang. the ten commandments: the ten fingernails or ‘claws’ (esp. of a woman). In frequent use 1600; in modern writers chiefly after Shakespeare.

plural. The claws (or less usually in singular any claw) of a bird or beast. Allusively applied to the grasping fingers or hands of human beings…

A finger-nail.

the fingernails.