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Webster 1913 Edition

Hamble

Ham′ble

(hăm′b’l)
,
Verb.
T.
[OE.
hamelen
to mutilate, AS.
hamelian
; akin to OHG.
hamalōn
to mutilate,
hamal
mutilated,
ham
mutilated, Icel.
hamla
to mutilate. Cf.
Hamper
to fetter.]
To hamstring.
[Obs.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Hamble

HAM'BLE

,
Verb.
T.
To hamstring. [Not used.]

Definition 2024

Hamble

Hamble

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English

Proper noun

Hamble

  1. a river in Hampshire, England.

hamble

hamble

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English

Alternative forms

Verb

hamble ‎(third-person singular simple present hambles, present participle hambling, simple past and past participle hambled)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To mutilate; hamstring; cut away.
  2. (transitive) To cut out the balls of the feet of (dogs) so as to render them unfit for hunting.
  3. (intransitive) To walk lame; limp.

Etymology

From Middle English hamelen, from Old English hamelian ‎(“to hamstring, mutilate”), from Proto-Germanic *hamalōną, *hamlōną ‎(“to mutilate”), from Proto-Indo-European *kem- ‎(“mutilated, hornless”). Cognate with German hammeln, hämmeln ‎(“to geld”), Icelandic hamla ‎(“to mutilate, maim”), Dutch hamel ‎(“wether”).

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