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Definition of Hobnailed

Hobnailed
Hobnailed Hob"nailed`, a. See with hobnails, as a shoe.
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.

Meaning of Hobnailed from wikipedia

- In footwear, a hobnail is a short nail with a thick head used to increase the durability of boot soles or provide traction. Hobnailed boots (in Scotland...
- Caligae (Latin; sg.: caliga) are heavy-soled hobnailed military sandal-boots that were worn as standard issue by Roman legionary foot-soldiers and auxiliaries...
- gl**** hobnails A po****r song from 1907, performed by Billy Williams "Hobnailed liver" is medical jargon for cirrhosis of the liver Cellular morphology...
- jackboot is a military boot such as the cavalry jackboot or the hobnailed jackboot. The hobnailed jackboot has a different design and function from the former...
- the hobnail pattern. In 1940, Fenton started selling Hobnail items in French Opalescent, Green Opalescent and Cranberry Opalescent. The Hobnail pattern...
- histopathology, hobnailing is the presence of smooth projections from an epithelial surface, which generally contain nuclei. Hobnailing is seen in clear...
- footwear of the Roman Republic and Empire. Normally made of leather and hobnailed, it was flat soled and typically reached the lower shin, entirely covering...
- referred to by their detractors as "jackbooted thugs," a reference to the hobnailed military jackboot of the World War I German Stormtrooper and later ****...
- Pair of hobnailed boots...
- were made from brown leather and generally lacked toecaps. They featured hobnailed soles. The British Army introduced the DMS (Direct Moulded Sole) ankle...