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concrete. A piece cut off from the end of a nail. Obsolete. rare.
A shaving cut from a fingernail or toenail. Cf. nail-cutting, n. 2, nail-paring, n. 1.
A clipping from a fingernail or toenail. Cf. nail-clipping, n. 1, nail-paring, n. 1.