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Gobbet
Definitions
- 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 a lump or chunk of raw meat wordnet
- 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 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."
- 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 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
From Middle English gobet, from Middle French gobet (“mouthful, piece”), diminutive of gobe. See gober.
From Middle English gobet, from Middle French gobet (“mouthful, piece”), diminutive of gobe. See gober.
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