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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Hobnail

/häb'-nālˌ/ · Hob·nail · IPA /hˈɑbnˌeɪl/
01 n. A short, sharp-pointed, large-headed nail, -- used in shoeing houses and for studding the soles of heavy shoes.
  1. 1.
    A short, sharp-pointed, large-headed nail, -- used in shoeing houses and for studding the soles of heavy shoes.
  2. 2.
    A clownish person; a rustic.
Phrases & compounds
Hobnail liver — a disease in which the liver is shrunken, hard, and covered with projections like hobnails; one of the forms of cirrhosis of the liver.
02 v. t. To tread down roughly, as with hobnailed shoes.
  1. 1.
    To tread down roughly, as with hobnailed shoes.
    “Your rights and charters hobnailed into slush.” — Tennyson.