Definition of Sabbed

1. sab [v] - See also: sab

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sabbed

sabbat
sabbaths
sabbatia
sabbatianism
sabbatic
sabbatical
sabbatical leave
sabbatical year
sabbatical years
sabbaticals
sabbatics
sabbatization
sabbatize
sabbaton
sabbats
sabbed (current term)
sabbeka
sabbing
sabcomeline
sabe
sabed
sabeing
sabella
sabellas
sabellianism
sabellid
sabelliite
sabelloid
saber
saber-rattling

Literary usage of Sabbed

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1890)
"*Ak. sabbed [sabd], pp. saturated with water or liquor.—Cooper. Safe [saif], erf/ sure. Ex. 'Safe to die.' N. and'Q. 1st Ser. x. ..."

2. The Overland Monthly by Bret Harte (1874)
"I sabbed the hoss, and knowed well that he would soon git his second wind; and then good-by, Sam, if he got near a steer that would run. ..."

3. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1850)
"Steel coverings for the feet; sometimes, slippers or clogs. sabbed. Wet; saturated. Sussex. SABRAS. Salve ; plaster. SAC-FRIARS. ..."

4. English and Scottish Ballads by Francis James Child (1866)
"He rode all the summer's night, And part of the next morning O; At length he espied his own wedded wife, She was cold, wet, and weary O. The leddy sabbed, ..."

5. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1872)
"sabbed, in the dialect of Sussex, means saturated. Though it be very lechery unto thee, Do't with a sabby politician's face. ..."

6. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1857)
"(Fr.) (1) Steel coverings for the feet. (2) Slippers or clogs. sabbed, part. p. Saturated. Suss. SABLE, s. A sabre. SABRAS, s. Salve ; plaster. ..."

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