- hobnail
- noun Etymology: 2hob Date: 1592 a short large-headed nail for studding shoe soles • hobnailed adjective
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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. [1913 Webster] 2. A clownish person; a rustic. Milton. [1913 Webster] {Hobnail liver} (Med.), a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Hobnail — Hob nail , v. t. To tread down roughly, as with hobnailed shoes. [1913 Webster] Your rights and charters hobnailed into slush. Tennyson. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
hobnail — (n.) 1590s, the first element probably identical with hob rounded peg or pin used as a mark or target in games (1580s), of unknown origin. See HOB (Cf. hob). Because they were used to make rough shoes, the word was used figuratively for rustic… … Etymology dictionary
hobnail — ► NOUN 1) a short heavy headed nail used to reinforce the soles of boots. 2) a blunt projection, especially in cut or moulded glassware. DERIVATIVES hobnailed adjective. ORIGIN from HOB(Cf. ↑hob) + NAIL(Cf. ↑ … English terms dictionary
hobnail — [häb′nāl΄] n. [ HOB1, sense 2 + NAIL] 1. a short nail with a broad head, put on the soles of heavy shoes to prevent wear or slipping 2. one of a series of knoblike decorations, as on the edge of a glass plate vt. to put hobnails on … English World dictionary
hobnail — adj. Hobnail is used with these nouns: ↑boot … Collocations dictionary
hobnail — n. a heavy headed nail used for boot soles. Phrases and idioms: hobnail (or hobnailed) liver a liver having many small knobbly projections due to cirrhosis. Derivatives: hobnailed adj. Etymology: HOB(1) + NAIL … Useful english dictionary
Hobnail liver — 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. [1913 Webster] 2. A clownish person; a rustic. Milton. [1913 Webster] {Hobnail liver} (Med.),… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
hobnail glass — hobnail glass, pressed glassware with a pattern of small, raised bumps, made during the 1800 s … Useful english dictionary
Hobnail (footwear) — In footwear, a hobnail is a short nail with a thick head used to increase the durability of boot soles.Hobnailed boots have been used since antiquity for inexpensive durable footwear, often by workmen and the military. They are boots with… … Wikipedia
Hobnail (disambiguation) — A hobnail is a short nail with a thick head: used to increase the durability of boot soles.Hobnail may also refer to:* A pattern of glassware: (sometime called Fenton Hobnail) where the body of the piece has a regular array of bumps, as if… … Wikipedia
