Hypertext Webster Gateway: "nailhead"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Nail-headed \Nail"-head`ed\, a.
Having a head like that of a nail; formed so as to resemble
the head of a nail.

{Nail-headed characters}, arrowheaded or cuneiform
characters. See under {Arrowheaded}.

{Nail-headed molding} (Arch.), an ornament consisting of a
series of low four-sided pyramids resembling the heads of
large nails; -- called also {nail-head molding}, or
{nail-head}. It is the same as the simplest form of
dogtooth. See {Dogtooth}.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

nailhead
n 1: something resembling the head of a nail that is used an an
ornamental device
2: flattened boss on the end of nail opposite to the point


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