† knabblev.

Forms: Also 1500s knable, 1600s gnab(b)le, nabble.

Etymology: diminutive or frequentative of nab v.¹ 1: compare Dutch knabbelen , Low German knabbeln (German knabbern ), also nibble v.

Obsolete.

To bite, gnaw, nibble. Usually intransitive or absol. with at, upon.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > eat via specific process [verb (intransitive)] > nibble or gnaw

gnawa1382

bitec1386

knabble1580

nibble1582

nib1585

knapple1611

nab1630

moup1710

chumble1821

naggle1824

peck1824

the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > eat via specific process [verb (transitive)] > nibble or gnaw

gnawa1000

bitec1250

nibblea1500

knabble1580

knepa1642

knuba1652

nab1653

chumble1821

natter1862

1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Ronger, to knaw, to knabble.

1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus iii. 3 No companie freeth it selfe but a man may obserue some mens names nibled at, and gnabled vpon.

1622 S. Ward Woe to Drunkards Serm. (1862) 159 Take us these little foxes..for they gnabble our grapes.

1666 G. Harvey Morbus Anglicus ix. 76 Left as a bone for every Readers discretion to knabble at.

1684 T. Otway Atheist i. 7 Asses..are always ready to nabble, because it is the certain way to be nabbled again.

Derivatives

† ˈknabbling adj. Obsolete

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > [adjective] > nibbling or gnawing

gnawing1567

knabbling1567

nibbling1581

1567 T. Drant tr. Horace Pistles in tr. Horace Arte of Poetrie sig. Eviij^v The puttocke from the bayted hooke, Her knabling neb will spare.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	knabble
释义	† knabblev. Forms: Also 1500s knable, 1600s gnab(b)le, nabble. Etymology: diminutive or frequentative of nab v.¹ 1: compare Dutch knabbelen , Low German knabbeln (German knabbern ), also nibble v. Obsolete. To bite, gnaw, nibble. Usually intransitive or absol. with at, upon. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > eat via specific process [verb (intransitive)] > nibble or gnaw gnawa1382 bitec1386 knabble1580 nibble1582 nib1585 knapple1611 nab1630 moup1710 chumble1821 naggle1824 peck1824 the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > eat via specific process [verb (transitive)] > nibble or gnaw gnawa1000 bitec1250 nibblea1500 knabble1580 knepa1642 knuba1652 nab1653 chumble1821 natter1862 1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Ronger, to knaw, to knabble. 1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus iii. 3 No companie freeth it selfe but a man may obserue some mens names nibled at, and gnabled vpon. 1622 S. Ward Woe to Drunkards Serm. (1862) 159 Take us these little foxes..for they gnabble our grapes. 1666 G. Harvey Morbus Anglicus ix. 76 Left as a bone for every Readers discretion to knabble at. 1684 T. Otway Atheist i. 7 Asses..are always ready to nabble, because it is the certain way to be nabbled again. Derivatives † ˈknabbling adj. Obsolete ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > [adjective] > nibbling or gnawing gnawing1567 knabbling1567 nibbling1581 1567 T. Drant tr. Horace Pistles in tr. Horace Arte of Poetrie sig. Eviij^v The puttocke from the bayted hooke, Her knabling neb will spare. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1567
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