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kib⋅ble
1
[kib-uh
l] 
verb, -bled, -bling, noun –verb (used with object)
| 1. | to grind or divide into particles or pellets, as coarse-ground meal or prepared dry dog food. |
–noun
| 2. | grains or pellets resulting from a kibbling process. |
Origin:
1780–90; orig. uncert.
1780–90; orig. uncert.
kib⋅ble
2 [kib-uhl] –noun British.
| an iron bucket used in mines for hoisting ore. |
Origin:
1665–75; < G Kübel pail, vat
1665–75; < G Kübel pail, vat
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| kib·ble 1 (kĭb'əl) n. An iron bucket used in wells or mines for hoisting water, ore, or refuse to the surface. [Probably from German Kübel, pail, from Middle High German, from Old High German -chublī (in miluhchublī, milk pail), from Vulgar Latin *cupia, from Latin cūpa, vat.] |
| kib·ble 2 (kĭb'əl) tr.v. kib·bled, kib·bling, kib·bles To crush or grind (grain, for example) coarsely. n. Meal ground by this process and used in the form of pellets especially for pet food. [Origin unknown.] |
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Kibble
Kib"ble\, v. t. To bruise; to grind coarsely; as, kibbled oats. [Prov.Eng.] --Halliwell.Kibble
Kib"ble\, n. A large iron bucket used in Cornwall and Wales for raising ore out of mines. [Prov. Eng.] [Written also kibbal.]
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