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Definition of Gobbet
1. Noun. A lump or chunk of raw meat.
Definition of Gobbet
1. n. A mouthful; a lump; a small piece.
2. v. t. To swallow greedily; to swallow in gobbets.
Definition of Gobbet
1. Noun. a quantity of liquid, often in a sticky blotch ¹
2. Noun. a lump or chunk of something, especially of raw meat ¹
3. Noun. an extract of text, or image (especially a quotation), provided as a context for analysis, translation or discussion in an examination. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gobbet
1. a piece of raw meat [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gobbet
Literary usage of Gobbet
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annals of the American Pulpit: Or, Commemorative Notices of Distinguished by William Buell Sprague (1857)
"THOMAS gobbet* 1637—1685. THOMAS gobbet was born at Newbury, Berkshire, England,
in the year 1608. His parents were in somewhat humble circumstances, ..."
2. A Glossary of Tudor and Stuart Words: Especially from the Dramatists by Walter William Skeat, Anthony Lawson Mayhew (1914)
"... L. gula, the gullet. gob, a gobbet, piece, morsel. Gascoigne, ed. Hazlitt, i.
79, l. 1. In prov. use (EDD.). go bet, go quickly, hurry up. ..."
3. Annals of the American Pulpit: Or, Commemorative Notices of Distinguished by William Buell Sprague (1857)
"Mr. gobbet, finding his support at Lynn insufficient, ... Mr. gobbet left a widow,
who died the next year, and four children,— three sons and one daughter. ..."
4. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"May It burst hie pericranium, as the gobbet» of fat and turpentine (a nasty thought
... Down comes a kite powdering upon them, and gobbet* up both together. ..."
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