Bescratch: alternatives and connections

God's nails, or His nails, that is, the nails with which the Savior was fastened to the cross; -- an ancient form of oath, correspondi…

A singular nocturnal quadruped, allied to the lemurs, found in Madagascar (Cheiromys Madagascariensis), remarkable for its long finger…

A mixture of shot, nails, stones, pieces of old iron, etc., fired from a cannon at short range, in an emergency.

To cover with a cap, or as with a cap; to provide with a cap or cover; to cover the top or end of; to place a cap upon the proper part…

To pull, tear, or scratch with, or as with, claws or nails.

To stud with nails, as a timber, or a boot sole.

To sever and remove by cutting; to cut off; to dock; as, to cut the hair; to cut the nails.

To tear limb from limb; to dilacerate; to disjoin member from member; to tear or cut in pieces; to break up.

To tear up the roots of, or by the roots; hence, to tear from a foundation; to uproot.

The hardened parts of the external integument of an animal, including hair, feathers, nails, horns, scales, etc.,as well as the armor…

To pare off, as nails, the hoof, etc.

To cause to hold together or to something else; to attach or unite firmly; to cause to cleave to something , or to cleave together, by…

An instrument for driving nails, beating metals, and the like, consisting of a head, usually of steel or iron, fixed crosswise to a ha…

One who, or that which, heads nails, rivets, etc., esp. a machine for heading.

Having the ironwork loose or corroded; -- said of a ship when her bolts and nails are so eaten with rust that she has become leaky.

Having the form of a tear; tear-shaped.

A kind of shot formerly used at sea for tearing sails and rigging. It consisted of bolts, nails, and other pieces of iron fastened tog…

A cutaneous disease which first appears as blebs or as reddish, shining, slightly prominent spots, with spreading edges. These are oft…