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hangnail

Noun

hang=nail

WORDNET DICTIONARY

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

is a kind of cutis, skin, tegument

hangnail, n. [A corruption of agnail.].

A small piece or sliver of skin which hangs loose, near the root of a finger nail. Holloway. [1913 Webster]

hangnail, n. = AGNAIL.

Etymology

alt. of AGNAIL, infl. by HANG and taking nail as = NAIL(1) 2