nubble
verb/ˈnʌbəl/
Etymology Compare Low German nubben (“to knock, cuff”).
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Obsolete To beat or bruise with the fist.
- if his Master went an Hair's Breadth beyond his Duty, he was a Tyrant, that it was lawful for him to Nubble him1712, William Wagstaffe, Crispin the Cobler's Confutation of Ben H-dley: