See Also: Neurocord(medicine)

hobnailed (iou) and Neurocord (medicine)


hobnailed (iou)



hobnailed adjective. L16.
[from HOBNAIL noun or verb: see -ED2, -ED1.]
Rustic, boorish. Now rare. L16.
Provided or reinforced with hobnails. E17.
Special collocations: hobnailed liver = hobnail liver s.v. HOBNAIL noun.

Neurocord (medicine)


neurocord
<zoology> A cordlike organ composed of elastic fibres situated above the ventral nervous cord of annelids, like the earthworm. Neurocordal.

Source: Websters Dictionary