n. The philosophical system of
n. One who accepts the doctrines of
v. i.
The friar was hobbling the same way too. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
The hobbling versification, the mean diction. Jeffreys. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
n.
n. (Bot.) A low bush (Viburnum lantanoides) having long, straggling branches and handsome flowers. It is found in the Northern United States. Called also
n. [ OE. also hobeler, OF. hobelier, LL. hobellarius. See Hobby a horse. ] (Eng. Hist.) One who by his tenure was to maintain a horse for military service; a kind of light horseman in the Middle Ages who was mounted on a hobby. Hallam. Sir J. Davies. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who hobbles. [ 1913 Webster ]
. A woman's skirt so scant at the bottom as to restrain freedom of movement after the fashion of a hobble. --
All the men, boys, and hobbledehoys attached to the farm. Dickens. . [ 1913 Webster ]