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Definition of Hobnail
Hobnail 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.
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.
Hobnail Hobnail Hob"nail`, v. t.
To tread down roughly, as with hobnailed shoes.
Your rights and charters hobnailed into slush.
--Tennyson.
