About The Word Hobnail
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Hobnail
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What's The Definition Of Hobnail?
[n] a short nail with a thick head; used to protect the soles of boots
[adj] of heavy boots; set with or having the soles protected with hobnails; "hobnailed boots" [v] supply with hobnails Synonyms | Synonyms for Hobnail: hobnailed | strong Related Terms | Find terms related to Hobnail: See Also | furnish | nail | provide | render | supply Hobnail In Webster's Dictionary \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.
2. A clownish person; a rustic. --Milton.
{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.
\Hob"nail`\, v. t. To tread down roughly, as with hobnailed shoes. Your rights and charters hobnailed into slush. --Tennyson. |
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