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 hob·nail /-ˌnel/
 鞋釘,穿上釘鞋的人,鄉下佬

 Hob·nail n.
 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.
 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.

 Hob·nail, v. t. To tread down roughly, as with hobnailed shoes.
    Your rights and charters hobnailed into slush.   --Tennyson.
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 hobnail
      n : a short nail with a thick head; used to protect the soles of
          boots
      v : supply with hobnails