Hobnail

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hobnail \Hob"nail`\, n. [1st hob + nail.]
     1. A short, sharp-pointed, large-headed nail, -- used in
        shoeing houses and for studding the soles of heavy shoes.
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     2. A clownish person; a rustic. --Milton.


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     {Hobnail liver} (Med.), a disease in which the liver is
        shrunken, hard, and covered with projections like
        hobnails; one of the forms of cirrhosis of the liver.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hobnail \Hob"nail`\, v. t.
     To tread down roughly, as with hobnailed shoes.
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           Your rights and charters hobnailed into slush.
                                                    --Tennyson.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  hobnail
       n : a short nail with a thick head; used to protect the soles of
           boots
       v : supply with hobnails