Agnail
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historical examples
i am told that an “agnail” was formerly called a “step-mother” in yorkshire.
the romance of words (4th ed.) ernest weekley
noun
another name for hangnail
agnail ag·nail (āg’nāl’)
n.
a hangnail.
a painful sore or swelling around a fingernail or toenail.
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any member of the vertebrate cl-ss . . noun any jawless eel-like aquatic vertebrate of the supercl-ss agnatha, which includes the lampreys and hagfishes adjective of, relating to, or belonging to the supercl-ss agnatha see also cyclostome agnathan (āg’nə-thən) adjective lacking a jaw. noun see jawless fish.
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