Hypertext Webster Gateway: "snails"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
'Snails \'Snails\, interj.
God's nails, or His nails, that is, the nails with which the
Savior was fastened to the cross; -- an ancient form of oath,
corresponding to 'Od's bodikins (dim. of body, i.e., God's
dear body). --Beau. & Fl.
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