Nail-headed

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Nail-headed \Nail"-head`ed\, a.
     Having a head like that of a nail; formed so as to resemble
     the head of a nail.
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     {Nail-headed characters}, arrowheaded or cuneiform


        characters. See under {Arrowheaded}.
  
     {Nail-headed molding} (Arch.), an ornament consisting of a
        series of low four-sided pyramids resembling the heads of
        large nails; -- called also {nail-head molding}, or
        {nail-head}. It is the same as the simplest form of
        dogtooth. See {Dogtooth}.
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