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▪ I. kibble, n.1 dial.|ˈkɪb(ə)l|
Also 5 kyble, 7 keble.
[Origin obscure: cf. kebbie and kibbo.]
A stout staff or cudgel; a hooked stick.
1411Nottingham Rec. II. 86, j. kyble, ob.; j. hacstok, jd.; j. horsmall'. 1570Levins Manip. 113/22 Kibble, baculus. 1674–91Ray N.C. Words (E.D.S.), Keble, a timber-log. 1800S. Pegge Anecd. Eng. Lang. Suppl. (1814) 383 Kibble, a strong thick stick.
▪ II. kibble, n.2|ˈkɪb(ə)l|
[Origin unascertained: ? from the surname Kibble.]
More fully kibble-hound: A kind of hound, a cross between the beagle and the old English hound.
1590Cokaine Treat. Hunting B j, You must breed fourteene or fifteene couple of small Kibble hounds, lowe and swift. 1831Johnson Sportsm. Cycl. s.v., The first remove from the southern-hound is the kibble.
▪ III. kibble, n.3 Mining.|ˈkɪb(ə)l|
Also 7 keeble, 8 kible.
[prob. ad. Ger. kübel ‘tub,’ in Mining used in the same sense as the Eng. word.]
a. A large wooden or (later) iron bucket, for conveying ore or rubbish to the surface.
1671Phil. Trans. VI. 2104 A Winder with two Keebles (great buckets made like a barrel with iron hoops..) which as one comes up, the other goes down. 1684Phil. Trans. XVII. 744 The Rate..for getting of Copper-Ore was..from 8s. a Kibble to 2s. 6d., every Kibble being near a Horse-Load in weight. 1747Hooson Miner's Dict. Y ij, Some⁓what below the Rope is placed a Hook, whereon to hang the Corfe or Kible. 1874J. H. Collins Metal Mining 74 The kibble is simply an iron bucket made of boiler plates, riveted together... They..vary in capacity from 1 to 25 cwt. 1901G. L. Kerr Pract. Coal Mining iii. 35 The centre of the cradle contains an opening which provides space for two buckets or ‘kibbles’ passing each other. 1924Hist. Rev. Coal Mining (Mining Assoc. Gt. Brit.) iii. 38 The advantages of running two kibbles simultaneously are generally more than overbalanced by the increased complications of guides and shaft fittings required. 1967Gloss. Mining Terms (B.S.I.) ix. 10 Kibble, a large steel bucket used to remove debris and to transport men and materials in a shaft sinking.
b. attrib. and Comb. kibble-chain, the chain by which the kibble is drawn up and let down in the shaft.
1834Chambers's Jrnl. 9 Aug. 223/2 He had been a kibble-boy in the mine. 1843Ainsworth's Mag. IV. 507 Huge quantities of iron, boiler and kibble plates. 1851Kingsley Yeast viii, At the shaft's mouth, reaching after the kibble-chain. 1881Instructions to Census Clerks (1885) 84 Copper Miner... Kibble Filler.
▪ IV. kibble, n.4
[? Altered form of cobble, or related to kibble v.1]
= cobble n.1
1891Times 12 Oct. 4/5 The demand for coal, kibbles, and slack..is very active. 1893Daily News 8 May 2/7 House coal is quiet,..kibbles 8s. 3d. to 8s. 6d., with superior sorts approximately dearer.
▪ V. kibble, n.5|ˈkɪb(ə)l|
[f. kibble v.1]
a. That which is produced by kibbling, esp. (a small piece of) coarsely ground cereal or grain.
1905Eng. Dial. Dict. III. 430/2 Kibble,..crushed oats; split beans; lumps of coal about the size of swans' eggs. 1973Philadelphia Inquirer 7 Oct. (Today Suppl.) 54 Alpo..was marketed as a mixer; the label said to mix it half-and-half with cereal or kibble. 1980Washington Post 7 Aug. e1/1 After the ripened and partly dried pods of certain edible varieties [of carob] are harvested, they are broken into small pieces called kibbles.
b. spec. A type of dry pet-food consisting of small pellets of processed food; pl., pieces of this. Chiefly N. Amer.
Kibbles is a proprietary name in the U.S.
1965Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) tm119/2 Millers Dog Food Company... Kibbles... For dog food. First use February 1931. 1967Field & Stream Aug. 62/2 One way to liven up chow time without going overboard is to use the water drained from cooked or canned vegetables to moisten and flavor your dog's kibbles. 1972‘L. Egan’ Paper Chase ii. 26 Jesse heaped a large bowl with kibbled meal and..stewing beef... Sally [sc. a dog] began to eat kibble and stewing beef. 1980M. F. K. Fisher in Michaels & Ricks State of Language 275 Perhaps it is assumed that most people who buy Kibbles do not bother to read the printed information. 1985A. Tyler Accidental Tourist iv. 47 Dogs ate mammoth amounts of food, too; Edward's kibble had to be lugged home from the supermarket. 1993Dog World Nov. 52/2 (Advt.), Small kibble shapes for easy chewing.
▪ VI. kibble, v.1|ˈkɪb(ə)l|
[Etym. obscure: the form is dim. or freq., but the root does not appear; cf. kibble n.4]
trans. To bruise or grind coarsely; to crush into small pieces. Also absol. Hence ˈkibbled ppl. a.; kibbling-mill, a hand-mill for kibbling grain, beans, etc.
1790in W. Marshall Midl. Counties (E.D.S.). 1826Sporting Mag. XVII. 352 A question in your last Magazine, respecting kibbled corn for hunters. Ibid. XVIII. 75 There is no kibbling mill equal to the horse's grinders. c1880Sale Catal., Those [corn crushing machines]..will kibble beans, peas, Indian corn.
▪ VII. kibble, v.2|ˈkɪb(ə)l|
[f. kibble n.3]
To convey ore or rubbish in a kibble.
1891Labour Commission Gloss., Kibbling. |