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globbe
† globbe, glubbe, v. Obs. rare—1. [Onomatopœic: cf. gloff, glop, gulp.] trans. To gulp down (liquor); to eat gluttonously. Hence ˈglobber, a glutton.1377 Langl. P. Pl. B. v. 346 [They] seten so til euensonge..Tyl Glotoun had y-globbed [v.rr. (y-)glubbed, globed] a galoun an[d] a Iille. Ibid. ix. 60 ...
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gloup
gloup, v. Obs. exc. dial. [Cf. globbe, gloff, glop, gulp] trans. To gulp, swallow greedily.1362 Langl. P. Pl. A. v. 191 Til Gloten hedde I-gloupet [v.rr. ygloppid, y-gulpid, y-golped] A Galoun and a gille. 1893 Northumb. Gloss., Gloup, to gulp, to swallow.
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gloffer
† ˈgloffer Obs. [Echoic: cf. globbe, glop, gulp; also Da. (dial.) gluffe, Sw. (dial.) gluffa, to eat hastily or noisily (said e.g. of pigs), gluffi a glutton.] A gluttonous eater. So also ˈgloffing vbl. n., gluttonous eating.c 1440 Promp. Parv. 199/2 Gloffare, or devowrare, devorator..vorator..Gloff...
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glop
▪ I. glop, v.1 Obs. exc. dial. (glɒp) [? Shortening of gloppen v.] 1. intr. To stare, to gaze in alarm or wonder.13.. E.E. Allit. P. B. 849 Þe god man glyfte with þat glam & gloped for noyse. a 1743 Relph Misc. Poems (1747) 4 The lads began to glop. 1875 in Whitby Gloss. 1878 Cumbld. Gloss., Glop, t...
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gulp
▪ I. gulp, n.1 (gʌlp) Also 6–7 gulpe, 7–8 gulph, 8 Sc. gowp. [f. gulp v. Cf. Du. gulp stream or flush of water, large draught of liquid.] 1. The action or an act of gulping or swallowing in large portions.1568 Hist. Jacob & Esau ii. iii, I at the ladell got a goulpe or a licke. 1625–6 Purchas Pilgri...
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glub
▪ I. † glub1 Obs. rare. In 4 glob, glub(be. [Perh. cognate with glubbe globbe v.; used to render L. globus, prob. from the similarity of sound.] 1. A mass or heap. rare—1.1382 Wyclif Josh. iii. 13 The watres..that camen fro aboue shulen stoond togidre in o glob [1388 gobet; L. in una mole]. 2. A ban...
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