'snails

See also: snails

English

Etymology

From God's nails, or His nails, i.e. those with which Jesus Christ was crucified.

Interjection

'snails

  1. (obsolete) An oath.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Beaumont and Fletcher to this entry?)

Further reading
  • 'snails in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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