a nail with a thick strong head, used in shoeing a hobby or little horse.

HOB NOB, or HAB-NAB, a cant word formed from hab ne hab, and denoting an event which happens at random or by mere chance.

HOBBOO, a name given by the people of Otaheite, and in the neighbouring islands of the South Sea, to their superfine cloth. It is the thinnest and most finished preparation of the aouta.