HOBNAIL
Hob"nail`, v. t.
Defn: To tread down roughly, as with hobnailed shoes.
Your rights and charters hobnailed into slush. Tennyson.
HOBNAILED
Hob"nailed`, a.
Defn: See with hobnails, as a shoe.
HOBNOB Hob"nob`, adv. Etym: [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.
2. At random; hit or miss. (Obs.) Holinshed.
HOBNOB
Hob"nob`, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hornobbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Hornobbing.]
1. To drink familiarly (with another). [ Written also hob-a-nob.]
2. To associate familiarly; to be on intimate terms.