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HAMBLE
Etymology
Verb
hamble (third-person singular simple present hambles, present participle hambling, simple past and past participle hambled)
(obsolete, transitive) To mutilate; hamstring; cut away.
(transitive) To cut out the balls of the feet of (dogs) so as to render them unfit for hunting.
(intransitive) To walk lame; limp.
Anagrams
• mahleb
Proper noun
Hamble
A river in Hampshire, England.
Anagrams
• mahleb
Source: Wiktionary
Ham"ble, v. t. Etym: [OE. hamelen to mutilate, AS. hamelian; akin to OHG. hamal to mutilate, hamal mutilated, ham mutilated, Icel. hamla to mutilate. Cf.Ham to fetter.]
Definition: To hamstring. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HEEDLESS
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
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