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Webster 1913 Edition
Hobble
Hob′ble
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Hobbled
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Hobbling
.] 1.
To walk lame, bearing chiefly on one leg; to walk with a hitch or hop, or with crutches.
The friar was
hobbling
the same way too. Dryden.
2.
To move roughly or irregularly; – said of style in writing.
Prior.
The
hobbling
versification, the mean diction. Jeffreys.
Hob′ble
,Verb.
T.
1.
To fetter by tying the legs; to hopple; to clog.
“ They hobbled their horses.” Dickens
2.
To perplex; to embarrass.
Hob′ble
,Noun.
1.
An unequal gait; a limp; a halt;
as, he has a
. hobble
in his gaitSwift.
2.
Same as
Hopple
. 3.
Difficulty; perplexity; embarrassment.
Waterton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Hobble
HOB'BLE
, v.i.1.
To walk lamely, bearing chiefly on one leg; to limp; to walk with a hitch or hop, or with crutches. The friar was hobbling the same way too.
2.
To walk awkwardly, as when the feet are encumbered with a clog, or with fetters.3.
To move roughly or irregularly, as verse. While you Pindaric truths rehearse,
She hobbles in alternate verse.
HOB'BLE
,Verb.
T.
HOB'BLE
,Noun.
He has a hobble in his gait.
1.
Difficulty; perplexity.