'Cut nail' definitions:

Definition of 'Cut nail'

From: GCIDE

Cut \Cut\ (k[u^]t), a.
1. Gashed or divided, as by a cutting instrument. [1913 Webster]
2. Formed or shaped as by cutting; carved. [1913 Webster]
3. Overcome by liquor; tipsy. [Slang] [1913 Webster]
Cut and dried, prepered beforehand; not spontaneous.
Cut glass, glass having a surface ground and polished in facets or figures.
Cut nail, a nail cut by machinery from a rolled plate of iron, in distinction from a wrought nail.
Cut stone, stone hewn or chiseled to shape after having been split from the quarry. [1913 Webster]