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Webster 1913 Edition

Knab

Knab

(năb)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Knabbed
(năbd)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Knabbing
.]
[See
Nab
,
Verb.
T.
, and cf.
Knap
,
Verb.
T.
]
1.
To seize with the teeth; to gnaw.
“Knabbing crusts.”
[Obs.]
L’Estrange.
2.
To nab. See
Nab
,
Verb.
T.
[Colloq.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Knab

KNAB

,
Verb.
T.
nab.
To bite; to gnaw; to nibble. [This word may belong to the root of nibble, and it properly signifies to catch or seize suddenly with the teeth.]

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