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Webster 1913 Edition


nibble

nib′ble

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Noun.
1.
A small or cautious bite.

Webster 1828 Edition


Nibble

NIBBLE

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Verb.
T.
[from nib.]
1.
To bite by little at a time; to eat slowly or in small bits. So sheep are said to nibble the grass.
2.
To bite, as a fish does the bait; to carp at; just to catch by biting.

NIBBLE

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Verb.
I.
1.
To bite at; as, fishes nibble at the bait.
2.
To carp at; to find fault; to censure little faults.
Instead of returning a full answer to my book, he manifestly nibbles at a single passage.

NIBBLE

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Noun.
A little bite, or seizing to bite.