| slovo | definícia |
hobbling
(encz) | hobbling,kulhavý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Hobbling
(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.
[1913 Webster]
The friar was hobbling the same way too. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]
2. To move roughly or irregularly; -- said of style in
writing. --Prior.
[1913 Webster]
The hobbling versification, the mean diction.
--Jeffreys.
[1913 Webster] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
Hobbling
(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.
[1913 Webster]
The friar was hobbling the same way too. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]
2. To move roughly or irregularly; -- said of style in
writing. --Prior.
[1913 Webster]
The hobbling versification, the mean diction.
--Jeffreys.
[1913 Webster] |
Hobblingly
(gcide) | Hobblingly \Hob"bling*ly\, adv.
With a limping step.
[1913 Webster] |
|