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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.
[for knubble, from knob, the fist.] To beat or bruise with the fist. [Not used.]

Definition 2024


nubble

nubble

English

Noun

nubble (plural nubbles)

  1. 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.

Verb

nubble (third-person singular simple present nubbles, present participle nubbling, simple past and past participle nubbled)

  1. (obsolete) To beat or bruise with the fist.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Ainsworth to this entry?)