Emily Dickinson Lexicon

nail (-s), v. [see nail, n.]

1. Push; press; drive; force; impel; pound; hit with a hammer; [fig.] will; insist; assert.
2. Shut; close; [fig.] cause to be blind; take the sight from.
3. Secure; fasten; fix with a pin; [fig.] finish; [metaphor] heal; seam; suture; sew together; close a wound; (see Isaiah 22:23).