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HOBNAIL

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hob⋅nail

  [hob-neyl]
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–noun
1. a large-headed nail for protecting the soles of heavy boots and shoes.
2. a small allover pattern consisting of small tufts, as on fabrics, or of small studs, as on glass.
Origin:
1585–95; hob 1 + nail
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hob·nail   (hŏb'nāl')   
n.  A short nail with a thick head used to protect the soles of shoes or boots.

[hob1, peg, projection (obsolete) + nail.]
hob'nailed' adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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hobnail 
1594, the first element probably identical with hob "rounded peg or pin used as a mark or target in games" (1589), of unknown origin. See hob.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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