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hobble(2)(dictionary)
hobble(dictionary)
Preacher(medicine)
preacher(dictionary)
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preacher(dictionary)

hobble(1) (iou) and preacher (iou)


hobble(1) (iou)



hobble noun. E18.
[from the verb.]
The action of hobbling; an uneven, unsteady, or feeble gait. E18.
Swift One of his heels higher than the Other; which gives him a hobble in his gait.
An awkward situation. Now arch. & dial. L18.
B. Franklin A fine Hobble they are all got into by their unjust and blundering Politics.
A rope, strap, block of wood, etc., used for hobbling a horse or similar animal. Usu. in pl. Cf. HOPPLE noun. L18.
fig.: P. Carey City women..released from the hobble of high heels.
In full hobble skirt. A close-fitting skirt so narrow at or near the hem as to impede walking. E20.
Comb.: hobblebush a N. American viburnum, Viburnum alnifolium, with clusters of white flowers and purple-black berries; hobble chain (chiefly Austral.) a chain used for hobbling a horse etc.; hobble skirt: see sense 4 above.

preacher (iou)



preacher noun. ME.
[Anglo-Norman prech(o)ur, Old French prech(e)or from ecclesiastical Latin praedicator, formed as PREDICATE verb: see -ER2.]
A person who preaches, esp. one whose function it is to preach the gospel, a minister of Religion; spec. a person licensed to preach. ME.
lay preacher: see LAY adjective. local preacher: see LOCAL adjective.
S. Pepys To church, and there being a lazy preacher I slept out the sermon.
In full friar preacher. A Dominican friar. Cf. preaching friar s.v. PREACH verb. obsolete exc. Hist. ME.
the Preacher, Solomon as supposed speaker in the Book of Ecclesiastes. Also, that book of the Bible. M16.
Comb.: preacher-man US dial. a male preacher.
preacheress noun a female preacher M17.
preacherly adjective of or pertaining to a preacher or preachers E20.
preachership noun the position or office of preacher M17.