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gobbon
▪ I. † gobbon, n. Obs. Forms: 4–5 goboun, 5 gobyn, (? gobene), 5–6 gobone, 6 gobbon, (-in), gowbin, gubbon. See also gubbins. [Presumably a. OF. *gobon, an unrecorded form related to gobbe and gobet: see gob n.1 and gobbet, and cf. gobonated, gobony.] 1. A portion, slice, gobbet.1387 Trevisa Higden ...
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goboned
† ˈgoboned, ppl. a. Obs. rare—1. [f. gobon gobbon + -ed.] = gobony.1572 J. Bossewell Armorie ii. 37 As this border is dented, so it maie be borne engraled, enuecked, goboned, vaire, etc. 1611 Florio, Scaccáto, checkie, gobonit, or counter componie in Armorie.
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gobbin
▪ I. gobbin Coal-mining. (ˈgɒbɪn) [dialectal pronunc. of gobbing vbl. n. But cf. gubbins.] (See quot. a 1843 and cf. gob n.4)1839 Ure Dict. Arts 980 In such powerful beds the Shropshire method is impracticable from want of gobbin. a 1843 Southey Comm.-pl. Bk. IV. 407 The refuse of Collieries called ...
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gobonated
gobonated, ppl. a. Her. (ˈgɒbəʊneɪtɪd) [f. med.L. *gobonāt-us (f. gobon gobbon) + -ed.] = gobony.1486 Bk. St. Albans, Her. E iij b, Ther is an other bordure that is calde a bordure gobonatit..for hit is made of ij. coluris quadratli ioynyt, y{supt} is to say of blacke & white. 1610 J. Guillim Herald...
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gubbins
gubbins, n. pl. (ˈgʌbɪnz) Also gubbings. Rarely sing. [var. of gobbon.] 1. Fragments, esp. of fish; fish-parings. In later use (also const. sing.), trash; anything of little value; a gadget, thingummy. In sing., a fragment. Also fig. and attrib.1553 Respublica i. i. 40 in Brandl Dramas (1898) 286 Th...
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gobbet
▪ I. gobbet, n. (ˈgɒbɪt) Now rare exc. arch. Forms: 4–6 gobet(t, 5–6 gobbet(t, (6 Sc. gobbat, -it), 5– gobbet. [a. OF. gobet (pl. gobez, gobès), dim. of gobe gob n.1; cf. gobbon. For the development of sense cf. morsel. In French the etymological sense seems always to have been the prevailing one, w...
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gob
▪ I. gob, n.1 (gɒb) Also 4, 6 gobbe, 6 gobb, gubbe, goubbe. [App. a. OF. gobe, goube (mod.F. gobbe), a mouthful, lump, etc. (in mod.F. only in the special senses of a food-ball for poisoning dogs, feeding poultry, etc., and a concretion found in the stomachs of sheep), related to the vb. gober to sw...
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