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† ˈnable Obs. rare.
Also 6 nabal.
[ad. L. nablum (Vulg.; nablium, Ovid), ad. Gr. νάβλα, prob. of Phœnician origin, and so identical with Heb. nēbel which it is used to translate.]
A Jewish instrument of music: see nebel.
1382Wyclif 1 Macc. xiii. 51 With preisyng, and braunchis of palmes, and instrumentis of musik, and cymbalis, and nablis. 1546Langley tr. Pol. Verg. de Invent. i. xii. 23 b, The Prophet Dauid founde diuerse instrumentes as regals and Nabals. 1609Bible (Douay) 1 Chron. xv. 16 Singing men on musical instruments, to witte, on nables, and harpes, and cymbals. 1609Heywood Brit. Troy vii. iv, Nables and Regals holy Dauid found. |