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Hamble vs Famble - What's the difference?

hamble | famble |

As verbs the difference between hamble and famble

is that hamble is to mutilate; hamstring; cut away while famble is to stammer.

As a proper noun Hamble

is a river in Hampshire, England.

As a noun famble is

a hand.

hamble

English

(wikipedia Hamble)

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • a river in Hampshire, England.

    • famble

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete, slang) A hand.
  • * Beaumont and Fletcher
    • We clap our fambles .
  • * Georgette Heyer, The Quiet Gentleman
    • A Bow Street Runner says "I knew a cove as talked the way you do – leastways, in the way of business I knew him! In fact, you remind me of him very strong He was on the dub-lay, and very clever with his fambles . He ended up in the Whit, o’ course."

    Etymology 2

    (etyl) falmelen

    Verb

    (fambl)
  • (obsolete) To stammer.
    • (Nares)
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