"forefinger nail" meaning in English

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          "text": "He displayed a forefinger nail which had been slit the entire length, leaving a scar, and said that one of his large toenails had undergone similar treatment.",
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          "ref": "2019 August 21, “Districts”, in Border Telegraph, Galashiels, Scottish Borders, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 25, column 1:",
          "text": "This involves some of the intaglios or incised ringstones of the Roman soldiers, with a variety of designs from the head of Jupiter on something the size of your forefinger nail, to the multi-tasking dancing girl, who is certainly swinging her skirts but also playing the pipes at the same time and on a semi-precious cornelian stone of a beautiful blue.",
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