Definitions for: 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

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: hobnailed, strong

See Also: furnish, nail, provide, render, supply

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