About The Word Supernaculum
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Supernaculum
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What's The Definition Of Supernaculum?Synonyms | Synonyms for Supernaculum: Related Terms | Find terms related to Supernaculum: See Also | Supernaculum In Webster's Dictionary \Su`per*nac"u*lum\, adv. & n. [NL., from L. super
over + G. nagel, a nail, as of the finger, or a corruption of
L. super and ungulam claw.]
1. A kind of mock Latin term intended to mean, upon the nail;
-- used formerly by topers. --Nares.
Drinking super nagulum [supernaculum], a device of
drinking, new come out of France, which is, after a
man hath turned up the bottom of the cup, to drop it
on his nail and make a pearl with that is left;
which if it slide, and he can not make it stand on
by reason there is too much, he must drink again for
his penance. --Nash.
2. Good liquor, of which not enough is left to wet one's
nail. --Grose.
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