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HOBNAIL
hobnail
(noun) a short nail with a thick head; used to protect the soles of boots
hobnail
(verb) supply with hobnails
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
hobnail (plural hobnails)
A short nail with a thick head, typically used in boot soles.
(obsolete) A clownish person; a rustic.
Coordinate terms
• blakey
• seg
Verb
hobnail (third-person singular simple present hobnails, present participle hobnailing, simple past and past participle hobnailed)
To fit with hobnails.
(transitive) To tread down roughly, as with hobnailed shoes.
Source: Wiktionary
Hob"nail`, n. Etym: [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.
Definition: To tread down roughly, as with hobnailed shoes. Your rights and charters hobnailed into slush. Tennyson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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