famblen.

/ˈfamb(ə)l/

Etymology: perhaps < famble v. in its (probable) original sense ‘to grope, fumble’.

slang.

1. A hand.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > extremities > hand > [noun]

handeOE

cleche?c1225

fista1300

dallea1500

clutcha1529

gripea1555

famble1567

claw1577

golla1586

patte1586

manus1598

pickers and stealers1604

fore-foota1616

pud1654

daddle?1725

fin1785

mauley1789

feeler1825

maniple1829

flipper1832

flapper1834

grappler1852

duke1874

mitt1893

1567 T. Harman Caueat for Commen Cursetors (new ed.) sig. Giiii^v He tooke his Iockam in his famble.

a1640 J. Fletcher et al. Beggers Bush ii. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Kk4/1 Last, we clap our fambles.

1673 R. Head Canting Acad. 19 White thy fambles.

1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering II. 99 If I had not helped you with these very fambles (holding up her hands).

†2. A ring. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > ring > [noun]

ringOE

beec1300

bague1477

hoop1507

woup1511

famble-cheat1567

famble1688

gem1725

fawney1819

groin1931

1688 T. Shadwell Squire of Alsatia ii. i. 32 Look on my finger..Here's a Famble.

1691 London Gaz. No. 2715/4 A small Famble, made up of two little Diamonds, and 4 or 5 Rubies.

†3. = fambler n. b. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1673 R. Head Canting Acad. 192 The thirteenth a Famble, false Rings for to sell.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

† famblev.

Forms: Also Middle English famelen.

Etymology: Of obscure origin; the word may originally have had the sense ‘to grope, fumble v. ’; compare Swedish famla, Danish famle to grope, metathetic form of Old Norse falma (Icelandic fálma), cognate with Old English folm hand.

Obsolete.

1. intransitive. To speak imperfectly; to stammer, stutter.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > defective or inarticulate speech > speak inarticulately or with a defect [verb (intransitive)] > stammer or speak hesitantly

stammerc1000

wlaffe1025

stotec1325

humc1374

mafflea1387

stut1388

rattlea1398

famble14..

mammera1425

drotec1440

falterc1440

stackerc1440

hem1470

wallowa1475

tattle1481

mant1506

happer1519

trip1526

hobblea1529

hack1553

stagger1565

faffle1570

stutter1570

hem and hawk1588

ha1604

hammer1619

titubate1623

haw1632

fork1652

hacker1652

lispc1680

hesitate1706

balbutiate1731

haffle1790

hotter1828

stutter1831

ah1853

catch1889

14.. in Pol. Rel. & L. Poems (1866) 224 His tonge shal stameren, oþer famelen.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Beguayer, to famble, fumble, maffle in the mouth.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Famble, to Faulter or Stammer in Speech.

1721–1800 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict.

1886 R. E. G. Cole Gloss. Words S.-W. Lincs. He fambles so in his talk.

2. (See quot. 1877.)

ΚΠ

1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. Fambling, eating without an appetite.

Derivatives

ˈfambling n.

ΚΠ

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Begayement, a fambling or maffling in the mouth.

1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xxvi. 216.

ˈfambling adj.

ΚΠ

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Begué..fambling, fumbling, maffling in the mouth.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	famble
释义	famblen. /ˈfamb(ə)l/ Etymology: perhaps < famble v. in its (probable) original sense ‘to grope, fumble’. slang. 1. A hand. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > extremities > hand > [noun] handeOE cleche?c1225 fista1300 dallea1500 clutcha1529 gripea1555 famble1567 claw1577 golla1586 patte1586 manus1598 pickers and stealers1604 fore-foota1616 pud1654 daddle?1725 fin1785 mauley1789 feeler1825 maniple1829 flipper1832 flapper1834 grappler1852 duke1874 mitt1893 1567 T. Harman Caueat for Commen Cursetors (new ed.) sig. Giiii^v He tooke his Iockam in his famble. a1640 J. Fletcher et al. Beggers Bush ii. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Kk4/1 Last, we clap our fambles. 1673 R. Head Canting Acad. 19 White thy fambles. 1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering II. 99 If I had not helped you with these very fambles (holding up her hands). †2. A ring. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > ring > [noun] ringOE beec1300 bague1477 hoop1507 woup1511 famble-cheat1567 famble1688 gem1725 fawney1819 groin1931 1688 T. Shadwell Squire of Alsatia ii. i. 32 Look on my finger..Here's a Famble. 1691 London Gaz. No. 2715/4 A small Famble, made up of two little Diamonds, and 4 or 5 Rubies. †3. = fambler n. b. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1673 R. Head Canting Acad. 192 The thirteenth a Famble, false Rings for to sell. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online September 2018). † famblev. Forms: Also Middle English famelen. Etymology: Of obscure origin; the word may originally have had the sense ‘to grope, fumble v. ’; compare Swedish famla, Danish famle to grope, metathetic form of Old Norse falma (Icelandic fálma), cognate with Old English folm hand. Obsolete. 1. intransitive. To speak imperfectly; to stammer, stutter. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > defective or inarticulate speech > speak inarticulately or with a defect [verb (intransitive)] > stammer or speak hesitantly stammerc1000 wlaffe1025 stotec1325 humc1374 mafflea1387 stut1388 rattlea1398 famble14.. mammera1425 drotec1440 falterc1440 stackerc1440 hem1470 wallowa1475 tattle1481 mant1506 happer1519 trip1526 hobblea1529 hack1553 stagger1565 faffle1570 stutter1570 hem and hawk1588 ha1604 hammer1619 titubate1623 haw1632 fork1652 hacker1652 lispc1680 hesitate1706 balbutiate1731 haffle1790 hotter1828 stutter1831 ah1853 catch1889 14.. in Pol. Rel. & L. Poems (1866) 224 His tonge shal stameren, oþer famelen. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Beguayer, to famble, fumble, maffle in the mouth. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Famble, to Faulter or Stammer in Speech. 1721–1800 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. 1886 R. E. G. Cole Gloss. Words S.-W. Lincs. He fambles so in his talk. 2. (See quot. 1877.) ΚΠ 1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. Fambling, eating without an appetite. Derivatives ˈfambling n. ΚΠ 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Begayement, a fambling or maffling in the mouth. 1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xxvi. 216. ˈfambling adj. ΚΠ 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Begué..fambling, fumbling, maffling in the mouth. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1567v.14..
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