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.
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Gobbet
//ˈɡɒbɪt//
Synonyms for "gobbet" (116 found)
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Translations
5 translations across 2 languages.
Dutch
4 entries- brok noun (chunk of food)
- fragment noun (an extract of text)
- homp noun (chunk of food)
- uittreksel noun (an extract of text)
Greek
1 entries- χαψιά noun (chunk of food)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
He balked only when the priest scooped from the pot some of the medicine the woman had prepared and presented it for him to eat. The man shouted and Justin obediently opened his mouth to receive the sticky gobbet of paste.
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The gobbet – the largest piece of meat served in hash or soup – was about the size of a man's thumb.
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This bottom was littered with great gobbets of flesh, most of which was in the last state of putridity.
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