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Hobnail

Hobnail Meaning & Definition
Hobnail Definition And Meaning

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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