nubble

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Noun

nubble (plural nubbles)

1. A small knob or lump.
   • 1897, Rudyard Kipling, Captains Courageous, chapter 1

     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

nubble (nubbles, present participle nubbling; past and past participle nubbled)

1. (obsolete) To beat or bruise with the fist.

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