Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To bruise or grind coarsely, as malt, beans, etc.
- To clip roughly, as a stone.
- To walk lame.
- noun The bucket of a draw-well, or of the shaft of a mine. [Prov. Eng.]
- noun A stick with a curve or knob at the end, used in playing the game of nurspell.
- To hoist ore or refuse in a mine-bucket or kibble.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Prov. Eng. A large iron bucket used in Cornwall and Wales for raising ore out of mines.
- transitive verb Prov.Eng. To bruise; to grind coarsely.
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- verb to
grind somethingcoarsely - noun something that has been
kibbled , especiallygrain for use asanimal feed - noun an
iron bucket used inmines forhoisting anything to thesurface
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an iron bucket used for hoisting in wells or mining
- noun coarsely ground grain in the form of pellets (as for pet food)
Etymologies
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Examples
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It is to be put into an iron bucket called a kibble, which is like a huge gypsy-pot (big enough to hold two ordinary-sized people thinly clad), suspended by three chains.
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It is to be put into an iron bucket called a kibble, which is like a huge gypsy-pot (big enough to hold two ordinary-sized people thinly clad), suspended by three chains.
The Romance of Isabel, Lady Burton William Henry Burton Wilkins 1897
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This is mostly b.s. The dry cat food that I feed my cats is not "kibble" -- it does not contain mostly carbohydrates.
About.com Cats 2009
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Fido's food may be making kids sick; CDC calls kibble an under-recognized salmonella source
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2010
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Fido's food may be making kids sick; CDC calls kibble an under-recognized salmonella source
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2010
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All kibble, which is cheaper than canned or raw, must have grain, potato, or tapioca in it to hold it together.
unknown title 2009
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Inside the bag, I discovered that their kibble is a small, thick triangle shape.
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The aggrandized bucket or "kibble" of the Cornishman has practically disappeared, but the cage still remains in many mines.
Principles of Mining Valuation, Organization and Administration Herbert Hoover 1919
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So we fill them up on dry "kibble," which combines animal products with vegetable-based starches, and meat-based canned "wet" foods, many containing parts of animals cats would likely never encounter, much less hunt and kill, in a purely natural situation.
Augusta Free Press 2009
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So we fill them up on dry "kibble," which combines animal products with vegetable-based starches, and meat-based canned "wet" foods, many containing parts of animals cats would likely never encounter, much less hunt and kill, in a purely natural situation.
Augusta Free Press 2009
johnmperry commented on the word kibble
The famous Kibble Palace in the Botanic Gardens is probably one of Glasgow's best-loved buildings.
June 23, 2008