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Definition of 'nubble'

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A small knob or lump.
  • *1897 , Kipling, Captains Courageous ,
  • Harvey saw with disgust that there were no sheets on his bed-place. He was lying on a piece of dingy ticking full of lumps and nubbles .

    Verb

    (nubbl)
  • (obsolete) To beat or bruise with the fist.
  • (Ainsworth)
    (Webster 1913)