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hobble
(encz) | hobble,belhat se Jaroslav Šedivý |
hobble
(encz) | hobble,kulhání n: Zdeněk Brož |
hobble
(encz) | hobble,kulhat v: Zdeněk Brož |
hobble
(encz) | hobble,pajdat Jaroslav Šedivý |
hobble
(encz) | hobble,šourat se Jaroslav Šedivý |
Hobble
(gcide) | Hobble \Hob"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hobbled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Hobbling.] [OE. hobelen, hoblen, freq. of hoppen to hop;
akin to D. hobbelen, hoblen, hoppeln. See Hop to jump, and
cf. Hopple ]
1. To walk lame, bearing chiefly on one leg; to walk with a
hitch or hop, or with crutches.
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The friar was hobbling the same way too. --Dryden.
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2. To move roughly or irregularly; -- said of style in
writing. --Prior.
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The hobbling versification, the mean diction.
--Jeffreys.
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Hobble
(gcide) | Hobble \Hob"ble\, v. t.
1. To fetter by tying the legs; to hopple; to clog. " They
hobbled their horses." --Dickens
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2. To perplex; to embarrass.
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Hobble
(gcide) | Hobble \Hob"ble\, n.
1. An unequal gait; a limp; a halt; as, he has a hobble in
his gait. --Swift.
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2. Same as Hopple.
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3. Difficulty; perplexity; embarrassment. --Waterton.
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hobble
(wn) | hobble
n 1: a shackle for the ankles or feet [syn: fetter, hobble]
2: the uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg
[syn: hitch, hobble, limp]
v 1: walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury; "The
old woman hobbles down to the store every day" [syn:
limp, gimp, hobble, hitch]
2: hamper the action or progress of; "The chairman was hobbled
by the all-powerful dean"
3: strap the foreleg and hind leg together on each side (of a
horse) in order to keep the legs on the same side moving in
unison; "hobble race horses" [syn: hopple, hobble] |
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dog hobble
(encz) | dog hobble, n: |
hobble
(encz) | hobble,belhat se Jaroslav Šedivýhobble,kulhání n: Zdeněk Brožhobble,kulhat v: Zdeněk Brožhobble,pajdat Jaroslav Šedivýhobble,šourat se Jaroslav Šedivý |
hobble skirt
(encz) | hobble skirt, n: |
hobbled
(encz) | hobbled,belhal se Zdeněk Brožhobbled,kulhal v: Zdeněk Brož |
hobbledehoy
(encz) | hobbledehoy,holobrádek n: Zdeněk Brož |
hobbler
(encz) | hobbler,kulhavec n: Zdeněk Brožhobbler,šoural v: Zdeněk Brož |
Hobble skirt
(gcide) | Hobble skirt \Hob"ble skirt\
A woman's skirt so scant at the bottom as to restrain freedom
of movement after the fashion of a hobble. --
Hob"ble-skirt`ed, a.
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Hobblebush
(gcide) | Hobblebush \Hob"ble*bush`\, n. (Bot.)
A low bush (Viburnum lantanoides) having long, straggling
branches and handsome flowers. It is found in the Northern
United States. Called also shinhopple.
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Hobbled
(gcide) | Hobble \Hob"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hobbled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Hobbling.] [OE. hobelen, hoblen, freq. of hoppen to hop;
akin to D. hobbelen, hoblen, hoppeln. See Hop to jump, and
cf. Hopple ]
1. To walk lame, bearing chiefly on one leg; to walk with a
hitch or hop, or with crutches.
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The friar was hobbling the same way too. --Dryden.
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2. To move roughly or irregularly; -- said of style in
writing. --Prior.
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The hobbling versification, the mean diction.
--Jeffreys.
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Hobbledehoy
(gcide) | Hobbledehoy \Hob"ble*de*hoy`\, Hobbletehoy \Hob"ble*te*hoy`\, n.
[Written also hobbetyhoy, hobbarddehoy, hobbedehoy,
hobdehoy.] [ Cf. Prob. E. hobbledygee with a limping
movement; also F. hobereau, a country squire, E. hobby, and
OF. hoi to-day; perh. the orig. sense was, an upstart of
to-day.]
A youth between boy and man; an awkward, gawky young fellow .
[Colloq.]
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All the men, boys, and hobbledehoys attached to the
farm. --Dickens. .
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Hobbler
(gcide) | Hobbler \Hob"bler\, n.
One who hobbles.
[1913 Webster]Hobbler \Hob"bler\, n. [OE. also hobeler, OF. hobelier, LL.
hobellarius. See Hobby a horse.] (Eng. Hist.)
One who by his tenure was to maintain a horse for military
service; a kind of light horseman in the Middle Ages who was
mounted on a hobby. --Hallam. Sir J. Davies.
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Hobble-skirted
(gcide) | Hobble skirt \Hob"ble skirt\
A woman's skirt so scant at the bottom as to restrain freedom
of movement after the fashion of a hobble. --
Hob"ble-skirt`ed, a.
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Hobbletehoy
(gcide) | Hobbledehoy \Hob"ble*de*hoy`\, Hobbletehoy \Hob"ble*te*hoy`\, n.
[Written also hobbetyhoy, hobbarddehoy, hobbedehoy,
hobdehoy.] [ Cf. Prob. E. hobbledygee with a limping
movement; also F. hobereau, a country squire, E. hobby, and
OF. hoi to-day; perh. the orig. sense was, an upstart of
to-day.]
A youth between boy and man; an awkward, gawky young fellow .
[Colloq.]
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All the men, boys, and hobbledehoys attached to the
farm. --Dickens. .
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dog hobble
(wn) | dog hobble
n 1: fast-growing evergreen shrub of southeastern United States
having arching interlaced branches and racemes of white
flowers [syn: dog laurel, dog hobble, switch-ivy,
Leucothoe fontanesiana, Leucothoe editorum] |
hobble
(wn) | hobble
n 1: a shackle for the ankles or feet [syn: fetter, hobble]
2: the uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg
[syn: hitch, hobble, limp]
v 1: walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury; "The
old woman hobbles down to the store every day" [syn:
limp, gimp, hobble, hitch]
2: hamper the action or progress of; "The chairman was hobbled
by the all-powerful dean"
3: strap the foreleg and hind leg together on each side (of a
horse) in order to keep the legs on the same side moving in
unison; "hobble race horses" [syn: hopple, hobble] |
hobble skirt
(wn) | hobble skirt
n 1: a long skirt very narrow below the knees, worn between 1910
and 1914 |
hobbledehoy
(wn) | hobbledehoy
n 1: an awkward bad-mannered adolescent boy |
hobbler
(wn) | hobbler
n 1: someone who has a limp and walks with a hobbling gait [syn:
hobbler, limper] |
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