hob nail
1hob|nail — «HOB NAYL», noun. 1. a short nail with a large head to protect the soles of heavy shoes and boots. 2. a rustic; clodhopper; buffoon. ╂[< hob1 peg + nail] …
2hob·nail boot — …
3Nail Muchamedjarow — Persönliche Informationen Name: Nail Narimanowitsch Muchamedjarow Nationalität …
4nail — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. fingernail, toenail, ungula; talon, claw; tack, brad, spoke; hobnail, clout; pin, peg. v. t. pin, fix; informal, capture, catch. See junction, restraint. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. brad, pin, peg, hob,… …
5hobnail — hob•nail [[t]ˈhɒbˌneɪl[/t]] n. a large headed nail for protecting the soles of heavy boots and shoes • Etymology: 1585–95; hob I+nail hob′nailed , adj …
6hobnail liver — hob·nail liver häb .nāl or hob·nailed liver häb .nāld n 1) the liver as it appears in one form of cirrhosis in which it is shrunken and hard and covered with small projecting nodules 2) the cirrhosis associated with hobnail liver: LAENNEC S… …
7hobnailed — hob|nailed [ˈhɔbneıld US ˈha:b ] adj also hob|nail [ neıl] [only before noun] especially BrE old fashioned hobnailed boots have large nails fastened to the bottom to make them last longer …
8Hobnail — 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… …
9Hobnail 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.),… …
10hobnail — ► 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. ↑ …
