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Definition of Hobnail
1. Noun. A short nail with a thick head; used to protect the soles of boots.
2. Verb. Supply with hobnails.
Definition of Hobnail
1. n. A short, sharp-pointed, large- headed nail, -- used in shoeing houses and for studding the soles of heavy shoes.
2. v. t. To tread down roughly, as with hobnailed shoes.
Definition of Hobnail
1. Noun. A short nail with a thick head, typically used in boot soles. ¹
2. Verb. To fit with hobnails. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) To tread down roughly, as with hobnailed shoes. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hobnail
1. to put hobnails (short nails with a broad head) on a shoe sole [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Hobnail
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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.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hobnail
Literary usage of Hobnail
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of Pathological Histology by Victor Cornil (1880)
"... or granular «pon enlarged and granular. its surface, while the organ is B.
Granular Liver; hobnail Liver. — The granular state, which always indicates a ..."
2. The Humourist's Own Book: A Cabinet of Original and Selected Anecdotes, Bon by Author of The young man's own book (1836)
"replied the king, in Wit in a hobnail. ] A proud parson and his man, riding over
a com mon, saw a shepherd ..."
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