nubn.¹

Brit.

/nʌb/, U.S.

/nəb/

Forms: 1500s–1600s (1800s– English regional (Devon)) nubb, 1600s– nub.

Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: knub n.

Etymology: Apparently a variant of knub n.

†1. The innermost wrapping of the chrysalis in a silk cocoon. Cf. knub n. 3. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > silk > [noun] > innermost wrapping of chrysalis

nub1594

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Bombycidae > genus Bombyx > silk moth > caterpillar of bombyx mori or silkworm > innermost wrapping of chrysalis in

nub1594

knub1787

1594 in Hist. MSS Comm.: Cal. MSS Marquis of Salisbury (1892) IV. 574 in Parl. Papers (C. 6823) XLVI. i. 1 Silk nubbs, 700 li.

1640 Tables Rates & Duties in J. Entick New Hist. London (1766) II. 178 Silk nubs, or husks of silk.

1734 Gentleman's Mag. July 388/1 Importing Short Silk, under the Name of Silk Nubs and Husks.

1759 Chron. in Ann. Reg. 182 The duties now payable upon raw short silk or capiton, and silk nubs, or husks of silk, shall..cease.

1812 J. Smyth Pract. of Customs ii. 185 Husks and Nubs are the refuse, which is thrown aside by the windster, during the process of winding the Silk from the cocoons.

a. A small knob or lump; a nugget. Also: = knop n.¹ 1b.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > protuberance or rounded projection > [noun] > a protuberance or protuberant part > knob

knob?a1425

knottle?a1500

bob1601

node1681

nub1696

umbo1753

button1758

knule1824

onion1825

umbonation1872

1696 in M. Cash Devon Inventories 16th & 17th Cent. (1966) 171 Another little brass pessell & morter with two nubbs.

1727 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Oeconomique (Dublin ed.) at Garden fences That when the Tree is quite fixed, the Nub or Bottom of the Stem, above the Division of the Roots, may be rather above the Surface then even with it.

1760 Boston Gaz. 5 May 4/3 Strayed away,..a black Mare.., has..two small Nubs on the near Flank.

1806 Farmer's Almenac 1807 17 Mar. It will not hurt oxen nor milch cows to give them once in a while a nub of corn or some potatoes.

1866 Fortn. Rev. Jan. 617 People..have very feeble notions of the difficulty that every nub of coal represents.

1893 G. D. Leslie Lett. to Marco xxviii. 191 The ground is alive with little nubs and noses poking through.

1941 R. Stout Red Threads i. 6 He must have the natural kasha, the one with nubs, by tomorrow.

1950 ‘Mercury’ Dict. Textile Terms 303 Knickerbocker tweeds, rough-faced wool and cotton mixture dress goods made with nub yarns.

1986 D. Leavitt Lost Lang. Cranes (1987) 132 He would..press down the two nubs on top of the phone with terrible violence.

1994 Spy Mar. 42/1 How..will we..ever know how it feels to have that little metallic nub take its fantastic voyage through our bodies?

b. A stump, stub, or remnant; something cut off short or imperfectly grown. Also figurative. Cf. nubbin n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > that which is left or remainder > [noun] > remaining fragment

stobc1420

end1481

stump1516

fragment1531

stuba1533

remainder?1570

remain1572

fag1582

snub1590

remnant1597

butt1612

heeltap1776

hagsnar1796

tag-end1807

shank1828

nuba1834

nubbin1857

snar1892

a1834 S. T. Coleridge Rash Conjurer in Compl. Poet. Wks. (1912) I. 400 And soft in her lap her Baby she lay'd With his pretty Nubs of Horns a-sprouting, And his pretty little Tail all curly-twirly.

1935 A. J. Pollock Underworld Speaks 81/2 Nub, a finger with a part missing.

1966 R. Price Generous Man (1967) ii. 86 Use what the good Lord give you now, and use it every chance the day provides—Hell, day and night—till it's wore to a nub.

1986 Times 21 June 3/3 TWA claims to have ‘beaten prices down to the nub’.

1994 Esquire May 117/2 Bonding is the more popular way to attach a hairpiece. The procedure involves buzzing a three-quarter-inch circular strip of hair down to the nub, applying a medical adhesive, and gluing down the rug.

3. The heart of a matter; the crux or central point of a discussion, argument, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] > that which is important > essential or central

pitheOE

effectc1405

substancec1450

kernel1556

nick1577

keystone1641

vitals1657

narrow1702

secret1738

ganglion1828

nub1833

primality1846

keyword1848

knub1864

buzzword1946

in word1964

1833 Natchez (Mississippi) Courier 16 Aug. The anecdote furnished by ‘Paul Pry’, would be considered a ‘good one’ by the few who can understand it; but to our readers out of the city, it would have no ‘nub’ to it.

1834 S. Smith Sel. Lett. Major Jack Downing lxx. 205 That's pretty much the nub of the business.

1859 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 2) 297 The nub of a story is the point or gist of it.

1899 Scribner's Mag. 25 105/2 It's the nub of the whole matter.

1933 P. G. Wodehouse Heavy Weather viii. 166 ‘The problem..is, how the hell is one to get it away from the blighter?’ ‘Quite.’ ‘That is, as you might say, the nub?’

1974 Times 22 Oct. 14/6 The nub of the judges' difficulty lay in..the claim..that the judge had no authority in law to give a direction binding on the press.

1999 Independent 3 June ii. 11/5 Decide on the nub of your idea, then sell it doggedly to the people who you think could help.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

† nubn.²

Forms: 1600s–1800s nub, 1700s nubb.

Origin: Of unknown origin.

Etymology: Origin unknown. Compare nub v.² Perhaps a specific use of nub n.¹

cant and English regional (East Anglian). Obsolete.

1. The neck; (also) the nape of the neck.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > neck > [noun]

swirec888

neckeOE

halseOE

hattrelc1330

cannelc1400

channelc1425

crag1488

kennel?1533

pile1584

neck-piece1605

neck parta1627

nub1673

cervix1741

squeeze1819

scrag1829

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > neck > [noun] > back of neck

napea1325

hattrelc1330

nolla1382

skull1382

polla1398

nape of the neck (also head)1440

noddle1547

niddick1558

nuke1562

nuque1578

nub1673

nod1695

cuff of the neck1740

nucha1768

scuff1787

scruff1790

scroop1850

kitchen1964

1673 R. Head Canting Acad. 42/1 Nub, the neck.

1676 E. Coles Eng. Dict. Nub, the neck.

1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Nub, the neck.

1823 E. Moor Suffolk Words 256 Nub, the back part of the neck, just under the occiput.

1866 J. G. Nall Great Yarmouth & Lowestoft 611 Nub, the nape of the neck.

2. The gallows. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > hanging > [noun] > gallows

gallowsOE

gallows-treea1000

warytre?a1200

gibbet?c1225

gallow-forka1250

forkc1275

juisec1320

forchesc1380

crossa1382

treec1425

patible1428

justice1484

potencec1500

haltera1533

turning-tree1548

potentc1550

three treesa1566

chates1567

mare1568

furel1587

bough1590

gibe1590

derrickc1600

hangrella1605

cross-tree1638

Gregorian tree1641

wooden horse1642

timber-marec1650

triple tree1651

furca1653

nubbing1673

a horse that was foaled of an acorn1678

nub1699

Tyburn tree1728

raven-stone1738

picture frame1785

crap1789

lamp-iron1790

Moll Blood1818

stifler1818

scragging-post1819

government signposta1828

leafless tree1830

shuggie-shue1836

doom-tree1837

stob1860–62

1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew at Glim As the Cull was Glimm'd, he gangs to the Nubb, [i.e.] if the Fellow has been Burnt in the Hand, he'll be Hang'd now.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

nubv.¹

Brit.

/nʌb/, U.S.

/nəb/

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: nob v.¹, knob v.

Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps a variant of nob v.¹ or knob v. Compare later knub v.², nubble v., knubble v.

Chiefly English regional (northern). Now rare.

transitive. To nudge or strike; to joggle, shake.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > strike with specific thing [verb (transitive)] > with the hand > with the knuckles

nubc1610

nubble1673

knub1721

knubble1721

knuckle1792

c1610 Grobiana's Nuptialls (Bodl. 30) lf. 24 b I tooke him a polt of the pate... I nubb'd his noddle.

1790 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. (ed. 2) Nub or nudge, to give a person an hint or signal by a private touch with the hand, elbow, or foot. North.

1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 66 Nub,..to jog, to shake.

1876 C. C. Robinson Gloss. Words Dial. Mid-Yorks. 93/2 Nub,..to nudge.

1881 J. Sargisson Joe Scoap's Jurneh 234 When they't finished t'cards my matey nubbt meh eh me bed.

1928 A. E. Pease Dict. Dial. N. Riding Yorks. 88/2 Nub, v. to nudge.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

nubv.²

Brit.

/nʌb/, U.S.

/nəb/

Origin: Probably formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: nub n.²

Etymology: Probably < nub n.²

cant (now archaic or historical).

transitive. To execute by hanging.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > hanging > hang [verb (transitive)]

hangc1000

anhangOE

forhangc1300

to loll up1377

gallowa1400

twitchc1450

titc1480

truss1536

beswinga1566

trine1567

to turn over1570

to turn off1581

to turn (a person) on the toe1594

to stretch1595

derrick1600

underhang1603

halter1616

staba1661

noose1664

alexander1666

nub1673

ketch1681

tuck1699

gibbet1726

string1728

scrag1756

to hang up1771

crap1773

patibulate1811

strap1815

swing1816

croak1823

yardarm1829

to work off1841

suspercollatea1863

dangle1887

1673 R. Head Canting Acad. 16 The other was (nub'd) hang'd, and the last (marrinated) transported.

1673 R. Head Canting Acad. 191 They are rub'd, Up to the Nubbing-Cheat, And there they're nubb'd.

1680 M. Stevenson Wits Paraphras'd 146 I shall be nub'd Then be it so—For let me be or hang'd or grub'd, Who wou'd not for a single touch Venture to take one gentle stretch?

1712 Budg & Snudg Song in J. S. Farmer Musa Pedestris (1896) 32 When that he hath nubbed us,..He..tips us into a hole.

1743 H. Fielding Jonathan Wild iv. ii, in Misc. III. 298 We shall be both nubbed together. I'faith, my dear, it almost makes me Amends for being nubbed myself, to have the Pleasure of seeing thee nubbed too.

1760 C. Johnstone Chrysal I. ii. viii. 194 Now, whenever you have a mind to nub them, you need only take me up, and I can peach them all.

1967 L. Garfield Smith ii. 17 The grey breeches were bespoken by the hangman himself. For they'd come off a very high-stepping rogue indeed—and one everybody was sorry to see nubbed.

1980 E. Jong Fanny i. xv. 127 But Martin also taught me about London Low Life, the private Language that Thieves have amongst 'emselves—..an' nubb'd fer hang'd.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

nubv.³

Brit.

/nʌb/, U.S.

/nəb/

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: nub n.¹

Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps < nub n.¹ Compare slightly earlier nubber n.

Baseball.

transitive. To strike (a ball) weakly; to hit (the ball) awkwardly with the end of the bat. Cf. nubber n.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > play baseball [verb (transitive)] > actions of batter

pop1867

foul1870

poke1880

pole1882

bunch1883

line1887

to foul off1888

rip1896

sacrifice1905

pickle1906

to wait out1909

pull1912

single1916

pinch-hit1929

nub1948

tag1961

tomahawk1978

1948 N.Y. Times 10 Oct. v. 7/5 Dark nubbed a little foul fly to Hegan to the left of home plate.

1988 R. Angell Season Ticket xiii. 322 Knepper had been throwing him breaking balls all afternoon (he'd nubbed one down the third-base line).

1994 Charleston (W. Va.) Gaz. 8 Apr. 1 b/2 A Paint Creek Pirate batter exposed one of my weaknesses early, nubbing a slow grounder my way.

2001 Orlando Sentinel (Nexis) 5 Nov. c1 He nubbed a single into shallow left to end the Yankees dynasty.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

n.¹1594

n.²1673

v.¹c1610

v.²1673

v.³1948

单词	nub
释义	nubn.¹ Brit. /nʌb/, U.S. /nəb/ Forms: 1500s–1600s (1800s– English regional (Devon)) nubb, 1600s– nub. Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: knub n. Etymology: Apparently a variant of knub n. †1. The innermost wrapping of the chrysalis in a silk cocoon. Cf. knub n. 3. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > silk > [noun] > innermost wrapping of chrysalis nub1594 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Bombycidae > genus Bombyx > silk moth > caterpillar of bombyx mori or silkworm > innermost wrapping of chrysalis in nub1594 knub1787 1594 in Hist. MSS Comm.: Cal. MSS Marquis of Salisbury (1892) IV. 574 in Parl. Papers (C. 6823) XLVI. i. 1 Silk nubbs, 700 li. 1640 Tables Rates & Duties in J. Entick New Hist. London (1766) II. 178 Silk nubs, or husks of silk. 1734 Gentleman's Mag. July 388/1 Importing Short Silk, under the Name of Silk Nubs and Husks. 1759 Chron. in Ann. Reg. 182 The duties now payable upon raw short silk or capiton, and silk nubs, or husks of silk, shall..cease. 1812 J. Smyth Pract. of Customs ii. 185 Husks and Nubs are the refuse, which is thrown aside by the windster, during the process of winding the Silk from the cocoons. 2. a. A small knob or lump; a nugget. Also: = knop n.¹ 1b. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > protuberance or rounded projection > [noun] > a protuberance or protuberant part > knob knob?a1425 knottle?a1500 bob1601 node1681 nub1696 umbo1753 button1758 knule1824 onion1825 umbonation1872 1696 in M. Cash Devon Inventories 16th & 17th Cent. (1966) 171 Another little brass pessell & morter with two nubbs. 1727 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Oeconomique (Dublin ed.) at Garden fences That when the Tree is quite fixed, the Nub or Bottom of the Stem, above the Division of the Roots, may be rather above the Surface then even with it. 1760 Boston Gaz. 5 May 4/3 Strayed away,..a black Mare.., has..two small Nubs on the near Flank. 1806 Farmer's Almenac 1807 17 Mar. It will not hurt oxen nor milch cows to give them once in a while a nub of corn or some potatoes. 1866 Fortn. Rev. Jan. 617 People..have very feeble notions of the difficulty that every nub of coal represents. 1893 G. D. Leslie Lett. to Marco xxviii. 191 The ground is alive with little nubs and noses poking through. 1941 R. Stout Red Threads i. 6 He must have the natural kasha, the one with nubs, by tomorrow. 1950 ‘Mercury’ Dict. Textile Terms 303 Knickerbocker tweeds, rough-faced wool and cotton mixture dress goods made with nub yarns. 1986 D. Leavitt Lost Lang. Cranes (1987) 132 He would..press down the two nubs on top of the phone with terrible violence. 1994 Spy Mar. 42/1 How..will we..ever know how it feels to have that little metallic nub take its fantastic voyage through our bodies? b. A stump, stub, or remnant; something cut off short or imperfectly grown. Also figurative. Cf. nubbin n. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > that which is left or remainder > [noun] > remaining fragment stobc1420 end1481 stump1516 fragment1531 stuba1533 remainder?1570 remain1572 fag1582 snub1590 remnant1597 butt1612 heeltap1776 hagsnar1796 tag-end1807 shank1828 nuba1834 nubbin1857 snar1892 a1834 S. T. Coleridge Rash Conjurer in Compl. Poet. Wks. (1912) I. 400 And soft in her lap her Baby she lay'd With his pretty Nubs of Horns a-sprouting, And his pretty little Tail all curly-twirly. 1935 A. J. Pollock Underworld Speaks 81/2 Nub, a finger with a part missing. 1966 R. Price Generous Man (1967) ii. 86 Use what the good Lord give you now, and use it every chance the day provides—Hell, day and night—till it's wore to a nub. 1986 Times 21 June 3/3 TWA claims to have ‘beaten prices down to the nub’. 1994 Esquire May 117/2 Bonding is the more popular way to attach a hairpiece. The procedure involves buzzing a three-quarter-inch circular strip of hair down to the nub, applying a medical adhesive, and gluing down the rug. 3. The heart of a matter; the crux or central point of a discussion, argument, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] > that which is important > essential or central pitheOE effectc1405 substancec1450 kernel1556 nick1577 keystone1641 vitals1657 narrow1702 secret1738 ganglion1828 nub1833 primality1846 keyword1848 knub1864 buzzword1946 in word1964 1833 Natchez (Mississippi) Courier 16 Aug. The anecdote furnished by ‘Paul Pry’, would be considered a ‘good one’ by the few who can understand it; but to our readers out of the city, it would have no ‘nub’ to it. 1834 S. Smith Sel. Lett. Major Jack Downing lxx. 205 That's pretty much the nub of the business. 1859 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 2) 297 The nub of a story is the point or gist of it. 1899 Scribner's Mag. 25 105/2 It's the nub of the whole matter. 1933 P. G. Wodehouse Heavy Weather viii. 166 ‘The problem..is, how the hell is one to get it away from the blighter?’ ‘Quite.’ ‘That is, as you might say, the nub?’ 1974 Times 22 Oct. 14/6 The nub of the judges' difficulty lay in..the claim..that the judge had no authority in law to give a direction binding on the press. 1999 Independent 3 June ii. 11/5 Decide on the nub of your idea, then sell it doggedly to the people who you think could help. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † nubn.² Forms: 1600s–1800s nub, 1700s nubb. Origin: Of unknown origin. Etymology: Origin unknown. Compare nub v.² Perhaps a specific use of nub n.¹ cant and English regional (East Anglian). Obsolete. 1. The neck; (also) the nape of the neck. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > neck > [noun] swirec888 neckeOE halseOE hattrelc1330 cannelc1400 channelc1425 crag1488 kennel?1533 pile1584 neck-piece1605 neck parta1627 nub1673 cervix1741 squeeze1819 scrag1829 the world > life > the body > external parts of body > neck > [noun] > back of neck napea1325 hattrelc1330 nolla1382 skull1382 polla1398 nape of the neck (also head)1440 noddle1547 niddick1558 nuke1562 nuque1578 nub1673 nod1695 cuff of the neck1740 nucha1768 scuff1787 scruff1790 scroop1850 kitchen1964 1673 R. Head Canting Acad. 42/1 Nub, the neck. 1676 E. Coles Eng. Dict. Nub, the neck. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Nub, the neck. 1823 E. Moor Suffolk Words 256 Nub, the back part of the neck, just under the occiput. 1866 J. G. Nall Great Yarmouth & Lowestoft 611 Nub, the nape of the neck. 2. The gallows. rare. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > hanging > [noun] > gallows gallowsOE gallows-treea1000 warytre?a1200 gibbet?c1225 gallow-forka1250 forkc1275 juisec1320 forchesc1380 crossa1382 treec1425 patible1428 justice1484 potencec1500 haltera1533 turning-tree1548 potentc1550 three treesa1566 chates1567 mare1568 furel1587 bough1590 gibe1590 derrickc1600 hangrella1605 cross-tree1638 Gregorian tree1641 wooden horse1642 timber-marec1650 triple tree1651 furca1653 nubbing1673 a horse that was foaled of an acorn1678 nub1699 Tyburn tree1728 raven-stone1738 picture frame1785 crap1789 lamp-iron1790 Moll Blood1818 stifler1818 scragging-post1819 government signposta1828 leafless tree1830 shuggie-shue1836 doom-tree1837 stob1860–62 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew at Glim As the Cull was Glimm'd, he gangs to the Nubb, [i.e.] if the Fellow has been Burnt in the Hand, he'll be Hang'd now. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2020). nubv.¹ Brit. /nʌb/, U.S. /nəb/ Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: nob v.¹, knob v. Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps a variant of nob v.¹ or knob v. Compare later knub v.², nubble v., knubble v. Chiefly English regional (northern). Now rare. transitive. To nudge or strike; to joggle, shake. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > strike with specific thing [verb (transitive)] > with the hand > with the knuckles nubc1610 nubble1673 knub1721 knubble1721 knuckle1792 c1610 Grobiana's Nuptialls (Bodl. 30) lf. 24 b I tooke him a polt of the pate... I nubb'd his noddle. 1790 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. (ed. 2) Nub or nudge, to give a person an hint or signal by a private touch with the hand, elbow, or foot. North. 1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 66 Nub,..to jog, to shake. 1876 C. C. Robinson Gloss. Words Dial. Mid-Yorks. 93/2 Nub,..to nudge. 1881 J. Sargisson Joe Scoap's Jurneh 234 When they't finished t'cards my matey nubbt meh eh me bed. 1928 A. E. Pease Dict. Dial. N. Riding Yorks. 88/2 Nub, v. to nudge. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). nubv.² Brit. /nʌb/, U.S. /nəb/ Origin: Probably formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: nub n.² Etymology: Probably < nub n.² cant (now archaic or historical). transitive. To execute by hanging. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > hanging > hang [verb (transitive)] hangc1000 anhangOE forhangc1300 to loll up1377 gallowa1400 twitchc1450 titc1480 truss1536 beswinga1566 trine1567 to turn over1570 to turn off1581 to turn (a person) on the toe1594 to stretch1595 derrick1600 underhang1603 halter1616 staba1661 noose1664 alexander1666 nub1673 ketch1681 tuck1699 gibbet1726 string1728 scrag1756 to hang up1771 crap1773 patibulate1811 strap1815 swing1816 croak1823 yardarm1829 to work off1841 suspercollatea1863 dangle1887 1673 R. Head Canting Acad. 16 The other was (nub'd) hang'd, and the last (marrinated) transported. 1673 R. Head Canting Acad. 191 They are rub'd, Up to the Nubbing-Cheat, And there they're nubb'd. 1680 M. Stevenson Wits Paraphras'd 146 I shall be nub'd Then be it so—For let me be or hang'd or grub'd, Who wou'd not for a single touch Venture to take one gentle stretch? 1712 Budg & Snudg Song in J. S. Farmer Musa Pedestris (1896) 32 When that he hath nubbed us,..He..tips us into a hole. 1743 H. Fielding Jonathan Wild iv. ii, in Misc. III. 298 We shall be both nubbed together. I'faith, my dear, it almost makes me Amends for being nubbed myself, to have the Pleasure of seeing thee nubbed too. 1760 C. Johnstone Chrysal I. ii. viii. 194 Now, whenever you have a mind to nub them, you need only take me up, and I can peach them all. 1967 L. Garfield Smith ii. 17 The grey breeches were bespoken by the hangman himself. For they'd come off a very high-stepping rogue indeed—and one everybody was sorry to see nubbed. 1980 E. Jong Fanny i. xv. 127 But Martin also taught me about London Low Life, the private Language that Thieves have amongst 'emselves—..an' nubb'd fer hang'd. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). nubv.³ Brit. /nʌb/, U.S. /nəb/ Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: nub n.¹ Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps < nub n.¹ Compare slightly earlier nubber n. Baseball. transitive. To strike (a ball) weakly; to hit (the ball) awkwardly with the end of the bat. Cf. nubber n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > play baseball [verb (transitive)] > actions of batter pop1867 foul1870 poke1880 pole1882 bunch1883 line1887 to foul off1888 rip1896 sacrifice1905 pickle1906 to wait out1909 pull1912 single1916 pinch-hit1929 nub1948 tag1961 tomahawk1978 1948 N.Y. Times 10 Oct. v. 7/5 Dark nubbed a little foul fly to Hegan to the left of home plate. 1988 R. Angell Season Ticket xiii. 322 Knepper had been throwing him breaking balls all afternoon (he'd nubbed one down the third-base line). 1994 Charleston (W. Va.) Gaz. 8 Apr. 1 b/2 A Paint Creek Pirate batter exposed one of my weaknesses early, nubbing a slow grounder my way. 2001 Orlando Sentinel (Nexis) 5 Nov. c1 He nubbed a single into shallow left to end the Yankees dynasty. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1594n.²1673v.¹c1610v.²1673v.³1948
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