† bobetn.
Obsolete.
A blow with the fist, a cuff.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > [noun] > with the hand > with the fist
bobeta1400
bobettingc1440
boba1568
nevel1568
fisticuffs1600
bunch1642
condyle1644
poke1690
punch1766
fist1767
plug1798
chuckera1805
polthogue1808
fistera1834
jab1889
bust1893
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 16623 Siþen in his honde þei sett: a muchel greet rede And to him pleiden a bobet: & bad him say in dede Whiche of hem ȝaf þe stroke.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 41 Bobet, collafa, collafus.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 199/1 Bobet on the heed, covp de poing.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
† bobetv.
Obsolete.
transitive. To strike with the fist; to cuff.
Derivatives
bobetting n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > [noun] > with the hand > with the fist
bobeta1400
bobettingc1440
boba1568
nevel1568
fisticuffs1600
bunch1642
condyle1644
poke1690
punch1766
fist1767
plug1798
chuckera1805
polthogue1808
fistera1834
jab1889
bust1893
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 41 Bobettyn, collaphizo.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 41 Bobetynge, collafizacio.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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