nibbled

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nibbled - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Nibble \Nib"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nibbled; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Nibbling.] [Cf. Nip.]
     To bite by little at a time; to seize gently with the mouth;
     to eat slowly or in small bits.
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           Thy turfy mountains, where live nibbling sheep. --Shak.
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