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.
Hob"nailed` (?), a. See with hobnails, as a shoe.
Hob"nob` (?), adv. [AS. habban to have + habban to have not; ne not +
habban to have. See Have, and cf. Habnab.] 1. Have or have not; -- a
familiar invitation to reciprocal drinking. Shak.