Nail or Nails may refer to:

In biology

Nail (anatomy) A nail is a claw-like plate found at the tip of the fingers and toes on most primates. Nails correspond to the claws found in other animals. Fingernails and toenails are made of a tough protective protein called alpha-keratin, which is a polymer ...

, toughened protective protein-keratin (known as alpha-keratin, also found in hair) at the end of an animal digit, such as fingernail *

Nail (beak) The beak, bill, or rostrum is an external anatomical structure found mostly in birds, but also in turtles, non-avian dinosaurs and a few mammals. A beak is used for eating, preening, manipulating objects, killing prey, fighting, probing for food ...

, a plate of hard horny tissue at the tip of some bird beaks

Objects

* Nail (fastener), the pin-shaped fastener used in engineering, woodworking and construction **

Nail (relic) Relics that are claimed to be the Holy Nails with which Jesus was crucified are objects of veneration among some Christians, particularly Roman Catholics and the Eastern Orthodox. In Christian symbolism and art, they figure among the ''Arma ...

, used in the crucifixion of Christ * The Exchange nails, bronze tables outside of The Exchange, Bristol

Arts and entertainment

* '' JLA: The Nail series'', a 1998 three-issue comic book miniseries * ''Nail'' (album), by Scraping Foetus Off The Wheel (1985) * ''Nails'' (1979 film), a Canadian short documentary film * ''Nails'' (1992 film), an American TV film * ''Nails'' (2003 film), a Russian psychological horror film * ''Nails'' (2017 film), a horror film directed by Dennis Bartok * Nails (band), an American powerviolence band founded 2009 * Nine Inch Nails, an American industrial rock band founded 1988 *

The Nails The Nails were originally a five-piece new wave band that formed in Boulder, Colorado in 1976. In Colorado, they were originally named The Ravers. The band members were Marc Campbell (lead vocals, guitar), Dave Kaufman (keyboards), Al Leis (dru ...

, an American new wave band founded 1976 as The Ravers (name change 1977)

People

* Nail (given name), a list of people with the given name Nail *

Nail (surname) Nail or Nails is the surname of: * Bethanie Nail (born 1956), Australian retired runner * Bobby Nail (1925-1995), American bridge player * David Nail (born 1979), American country music singer-songwriter * Jimmy Nail (born 1954), English actor an ...

, a list of people with the surname Nail or Nails *

Lenny Dykstra Leonard Kyle Dykstra (; born February 10, 1963), is an American former professional baseball center fielder, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Mets (1985–1989) and Philadelphia Phillies (1989–1996). Dykstra was a thre ...

, a former Major League Baseball outfielder nicknamed "Nails" * Samuel Morton (1893–1923), an American mobster nicknamed "Nails"

Businesses

Nail Brewing Nail Brewing is an Australian brewery and the producer of the world's most expensive beer, the ''Antarctic Nail Ale''. History In 1996 John Stallwood registered the company, ''Nail Brewing Australia''. On 23 March 2000 Norman Moore (Minister f ...

, an Australian brewery *

Nail Communications Nail Communications (commonly referred to as Nail) is an independently owned American advertising agency headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island. Nail was named 2013 Northeast Small Agency of the Year by AdAge. Notable Campaigns In 2010, Nail ...

, an American advertising agency * Nails Inc., an English nail care chain

Other uses

Nail (unit) A nail, as a unit of cloth measurement, is generally a sixteenth of a yard or 2 inches (5.715 cm). The nail was apparently named after the practice of hammering brass nails into the counter at shops where cloth was sold. On the other hand, R D ...

, an archaic multiplier equal to one sixteenth of a base unit *

Nail, Arkansas Nail is an unincorporated community in Newton County, Arkansas Newton County is a county in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2010 census, the population was 8,330. The county seat is Jasper. Newton County is Arkansas's 46th county, forme ...

, an unincorporated community in the United States * Nail, project name for the

Heirloom Project The Heirloom Project is a collection of traditional Unix utilities. Most of them are derived from original Unix source code, as released as open-source by Caldera and Sun. The project has the following components: * The Heirloom Toolchest: awk, ...

mailx Unix computer utility *

Soil nailing Soil nailing is a remedial construction measure to treat unstable natural soil slopes or unstable man-made (fill) slopes as a construction technique that allows the safe over-steepening of new or existing soil slopes. The technique involves the in ...