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Definition for NIB'BLE
NIB'BLE
NIB'BLER
NIB'BLE
, v.t. [from nib.]
To bite by little at a time; to eat slowly or in small bits. So sheep are said to nibble the grass. Shak.
To bite, as a fish does the bait; to carp at; just to catch by biting. Gay.
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