Hobnail
Pronunciation : Hob"nail`
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [1st hob + nail.]
Definition : 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Hob"nail`
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To tread down roughly, as with hobnailed shoes. Your rights and charters hobnailed into slush. Tennyson.
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Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913