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Webster 1913 Edition
Nubble
Nub′ble
,Verb.
T.
[Cf. LG.
nubben
to knock, cuff.] To beat or bruise with the fist.
[Obs.]
Ainsworth.
Webster 1828 Edition
Nubble
NUB'BLE
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
nubble
nubble
English
Noun
nubble (plural nubbles)
- A small knob or lump.
- 1897, Kipling, Captains Courageous, chapter 1
- Harvey saw with disgust that there were no sheets on his bed-place. He was lying on a piece of dingy ticking full of lumps and nubbles.
- 1897, Kipling, Captains Courageous, chapter 1
Verb
nubble (third-person singular simple present nubbles, present participle nubbling, simple past and past participle nubbled)
- (obsolete) To beat or bruise with the fist.
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