English

Noun

gobbet ‎(plural gobbets)

1. a quantity of liquid, often in a sticky blotch
2. a lump or chunk of something, especially of raw meat
   • (Can we date this quote?) Wyclif

     [He] had broken the stocks to small gobbets.

3. an extract of text, or image (especially a quotation), provided as a context for analysis, translation or discussion in an examination.

Translations

External links

• gobbet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Verb

gobbet ‎(third-person singular simple present gobbets, present participle gobbeting, simple past and past participle gobbeted)

1. (transitive) To splash with small quantities of liquid; to spatter.
2. (transitive) To swallow greedily; to swallow in gobbets.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of L'Estrange to this entry?)

References

1. ↑ “gobbet” in the Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, 1974 edition.

• James A. H. Murray [et al.], editor (1884–1928) A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, OCLC 15566697; and The Oxford English Dictionary; being a Corrected Re-issue with an Introduction, Supplement, and Bibliography of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (the First Supplement), Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1933, OCLC 2748467.
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