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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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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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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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