Thesaurus: hobnail

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1. n. A short, sharp-pointed, large-headed nail, -- used in shoeing houses and for studding the soles of heavy shoes.
2. n. A clownish person; a rustic.
3. v. t. To tread down roughly, as with hobnailed shoes.
4. n. a short nail with a thick head; used to protect the soles of boots
5. v. supply with hobnails
6. 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. To tread down roughly, as with hobnailed shoes. Your rights and charters hobnailed into slush. Tennyson.
7. To tread down roughly, as with hobnailed shoes.Your rights and charters hobnailed into slush. Tennyson.
8. n. a short nail with a thick head; used to protect the soles of boots v. supply with hobnails