nabble

[prettygoodword]

Forgotten English Friday strikes again:


nabble - "To gnaw. A stronger word than nibble, by a change of vowel. Mice nibble and rats nabble our victuals, and hares and rabbits our growing vegetables. —Rev. Robert Forby's Vocabulary of East Anglia, 1830"


A regionalism I can only wish had escaped into general usage, alas. Confirming this is difficult, as requires sifting out this word from all the search hits on nabble.com.

---L.

Comments

[stillnotbored.livejournal.com]

I like that word. I need to find a way to use it. *g*

[prettygoodword.livejournal.com]

Yes -- you do. We all do.