great toe nail

great toe nail (plural great toe nails)

1. Alternative form of great toenail.
   • 1710 [1707], [Pierre] Dionis, anonymous translator, “The Ninth Demonstration of Chirurgical Operations. Of Those Practised on the Lower Extreme Parts. Of Amputation.”, in A Course of Chirurgical Operations, Demonstrated in the Royal Garden at Paris. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 430:

     THE great Toe Nail ſometimes grows ſo far over the ſides of the Toe, that it enters the Fleſh, and pricking it cauſes a continual Pain, whence the Patient cannot without difficulty go: […]

     [original: L’Ongle du gros doigt du pied croît quelquefois tellement par ſes côtez qu’il entre dans la chair & qu’en la piquant il y cauſe une douleur continuelle, ce qui fait que l’on ne peut marcher qu’avec peine: […]]

   • 1775 December 13, William Byers, notice, in The Pennsylvania Gazette. […], number 2451, Philadelphia, Pa.: […] Hall and Sellers, […], →OCLC, page [4], column 2:

     RUN away from the ſubſcriber, […] a Dutch ſervant man, named ISAAC LEVAN, about 20 years of age, 5 feet high, dark brown hair, black complexion, large noſe and heavy eye-brows, and the toe next to the great toe of both feet leans on the great toe nail, […]

   • 1928 October, Hilda Wetherill, “The Trading Post. II: Letters From a Primitive Land”, in The Atlantic Monthly‎^[1], volume CXLII, number IV, Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic Monthly Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 7 September 2025, pages 514–515:

     He moved his paint stone down to her feet; still chanting gustily, he squatted on his heels and, dipping small feather brushes in the paints, he made a snake on each foot. The heads in white, with black mouth, nose, and eyes, were on each great toe nail; […]