agnail noun.
['agneɪl][Old English angnæġl, corresp. to Old Frisian ongneil, Old High German ungnagel (German dial. Anneglen, Einnegeln), from a Germanic base meaning 'compressed, tight, painful' + as NAIL noun. The application of the word has been much infl. by popular etym.]1. A corn on the toe or foot.
OE-L19.2. A painful swelling around the toe- or fingernail.
L16.3. A strip of torn skin at the root of the fingernail.
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