n. a heavy-headed nail used for boot-soles.
Phrases and idioms:
hobnail (or hobnailed) liver a liver having many small knobbly projections due to cirrhosis.
Derivatives:
hobnailed adj.
Etymology: HOB(1) + NAIL
n. a heavy-headed nail used for boot-soles.
Phrases and idioms:
hobnail (or hobnailed) liver a liver having many small knobbly projections due to cirrhosis.
Derivatives:
hobnailed adj.
Etymology: HOB(1) + NAIL
Oxford English vocab. Оксфордский английский словарь. 2012