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Gobbet vs Gobet - What's the difference?

gobbet | gobet |

As nouns the difference between gobbet and gobet

is that gobbet is a quantity of liquid, often in a sticky blotch while gobet is obsolete form of gobbet.

As a verb gobbet

is to splash with small quantities of liquid; to spatter.

gobbet

English

Noun

(wikipedia gobbet) (en noun)
  • a quantity of liquid, often in a sticky blotch
  • a lump or chunk of something, especially of raw meat
  • * (rfdate) Wyclif
    • [He] had broken the stocks to small gobbets .
  • an extract of text, or image (especially a quotation), provided as a context for analysis, translation or discussion in an examination.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To splash with small quantities of liquid; to spatter.
  • To swallow greedily; to swallow in gobbets.
    • (rfquotek, L'Estrange)

    References

    * * Cardiff University * Glasgow University

    gobet

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
    • (Chaucer)
    (Webster 1913)