From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Hobnail \Hob"nail'\, noun [1st hob + nail.]
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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Hobnail \Hob"nail'\, verb (used with an object) To tread down roughly, as with hobnailed shoes.
Your rights and charters hobnailed into slush. --Tennyson.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: a short nail with a thick head; used to protect the soles of boots
verb
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