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<h1>Hobiler</h1> <Xpage=697>

<hw>Hob"i*ler</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt><ety>[See 2d <er>Hobbler</er>.]</ety> <def>A light horseman. See 2d <er>Hobbler</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Brande & C.</i>

<h1>Hobit</h1> <Xpage=697>

<hw>Ho"bit</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Howitzer</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>A small mortar on a gun carriage, in use before the howitzer.</def>

<h1>Hobnail</h1> <Xpage=697>

<hw>Hob"nail`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[1st <ets>hob + nail</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A short, sharp-pointed, large-headed nail, -- used in shoeing houses and for studding the soles of heavy shoes.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A clownish person; a rustic.</def>

<i>Milton.</i>

<cs><col>Hobnail liver</col> <fld>(Med.)</fld>, <cd>a disease in which the liver is shrunken, hard, and covered with projections like hobnails; one of the forms of cirrhosis of the liver.</cd></cs>

<h1>Hobnail</h1> <Xpage=697>

<hw>Hob"nail`</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To tread down roughly, as with hobnailed shoes.</def>

<blockquote>Your rights and charters <b>hobnailed</b> into slush. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Hobnailed</h1> <Xpage=697>

<hw>Hob"nailed`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>See with hobnails, as a shoe.</def>

<h1>Hobnob</h1> <Xpage=697>

<hw>Hob"nob`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>habban</ets> to have + <ets>habban</ets> to have not; <ets>ne</ets> not + <ets>habban</ets> to have. See <er>Have</er>, and cf. <er>Habnab</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Have or have not; -- a familiar invitation to reciprocal drinking.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>At random; hit or miss. (Obs.)</def>

<i>Holinshed.</i>

<h1>Hobnob</h1> <Xpage=697>

<hw>Hob"nob`</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Hornobbed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Hornobbing</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To drink familiarly (with another).</def> <altsp>[ Written also <asp>hob-a-nob</asp>.]</altsp>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To associate familiarly; to be on intimate terms.</def>

<h1>Hobnob</h1> <Xpage=697>

<hw>Hob"nob`</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Familiar, social intercourse.</def>

<i>W. Black.</i>

<h1>Hobornob</h1> <Xpage=697>

<hw>Hob"or*nob`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>See <er>Hobnob</er>.</def>