hobble
hobble is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 5 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.To move roughly or irregularly; -- said of style in writing. Prior. The hobbling versification, the mean diction. Jeffreys.
- 2.To fetter by tying the legs; to hopple; to clog. " They hobbled their horses." Dickens 2. To perplex; to embarrass.
- 3.An unequal gait; a limp; a halt; as, he has a hobble in his gait. Swift.
- 4.Same as Hopple.
- 5.Difficulty; perplexity; embarrassment. Waterton.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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- What is to move roughly or irregularly; -- said of style in writing. Prior. The hobbling versification, the mean diction. Jeffreys called?
- What is to fetter by tying the legs; to hopple; to clog. " They hobbled their horses." Dickens 2. To perplex; to embarrass called?
- What is an unequal gait; a limp; a halt; as, he has a hobble in his gait. Swift called?
- What is difficulty; perplexity; embarrassment. Waterton called?
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- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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