Doornail: alternatives and connections

belonging to times long past especially of the historical period before the fall of the Western Roman Empire; "ancient history"; "anci…

A cheat or swindler of the lowest grade; -- often emphasized by dead; as, a dead beat.

A thin nail, usually small, with a slight projection at the top on one side instead of a head; also, a small wire nail, with a flat ci…

A shrub or branch, properly, a branch of ivy (as sacred to Bacchus), hung out at vintners' doors, or as a tavern sign; hence, a tavern…

A common saying; a proverb; a saying that has a general currency.

A dead body, whether of man or beast; a corpse; now commonly the dead body of a beast.

The knocker of a door.

Lacking spirit; dull; lusterless; cheerless; as, dead eye; dead fire; dead color, etc.

A service for the dead, in the Roman Catholic Church, being the first antiphon of Matins for the dead, of which Dirige is the first wo…

Originally, the highest note in the scale of Guido; hence, proverbially, any extravagant saying.

To stand under the eaves, near a window or at the door, of a house, to listen and learn what is said within doors; hence, to listen se…

Something used to secure and hold in place something else, as a long fiat-headed nail, a catch a hook, a clinch, a clamp, etc.; hence,…

A thin, pointed nail, with a heavy flaring head, for securing a horsehoe to the hoof; a horsehoe nail.

Of or pertaining to or suitable for the lower regions, inhabited, according to the ancients, by the dead; pertaining to Pluto's realm…

An instrument invented by Professor Wheatstone, consisting of a reflecting knob at the end of a vibrating rod or thin plate, for makin…

A protuberance; a swelling; a knob; a button; hence, rising ground; a summit. See Knob, and Knop.

Destitute of life, or deprived of life; not containing, or inhabited by, living beings or vegetation; dead, or apparently dead; spirit…

The benevolent spirits of the dead, especially of dead ancestors, regarded as family deities and protectors.