Gobbet

//ˈɡɒbɪt// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A quantity of liquid, often in a sticky blotch.

    "BOlvs in Engliſh is called a morſell. It is a medicine laxatiue, in forme & faſhion it is meanely whole, & it is ſwallowed by litle gobbets."

  2. 2
    a lump or chunk of raw meat wordnet
  3. 3
    A lump or chunk of something, especially of raw meat.

    "The gobbet – the largest piece of meat served in hash or soup – was about the size of a man's thumb."

  4. 4
    An extract of text, or image (especially a quotation), provided as a context for analysis, discussion, or translation in an examination.

    "This new status for primary source material in schools was not a permeation down of the gobbet tradition from undergraduate courses. The gobbet functioned as a prompt to an exposition on the context of the extract — the period, the events, the people and ideas referred to in the gobbet."

Verb
  1. 1
    To splash with small quantities of liquid; to spatter. transitive

    "The bullets that hit him […] burst the bared head into splinters. Scalp, bones and brain gobbeted the jeep as the dead boy screwed and fell sideways."

  2. 2
    To swallow greedily; to swallow in gobbets. transitive

    "Or, did you ever see a dog with a marrowbone in his mouth[…] how prudently he gobbets it: with what affection he breaks it: and with what diligence he sucks it."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English gobet, from Middle French gobet (“mouthful, piece”), diminutive of gobe. See gober.

Etymology 2

From Middle English gobet, from Middle French gobet (“mouthful, piece”), diminutive of gobe. See gober.

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