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agnail

Noun

ag=nail

WORDNET DICTIONARY

agnail(n = noun.body) hangnail - a loose narrow strip of skin near the base of a fingernail; tearing it produces a painful sore that is easily infected; Array

is a kind of cutis, skin, tegument

agnail, n. [AS. angnægl; ange vexation, trouble + nægel nail. Cf. Hangnail.].

A corn on the toe or foot. [1913 Webster]
An inflammation or sore under or around the nail; also, a hangnail. [1913 Webster]

agnail, n.
1 a piece of torn skin at the root of a fingernail.
2 the soreness resulting from this.

Etymology

OE angn{aelig}gl f. n{aelig}gl NAIL n. 1 : cf. HANGNAIL

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