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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

NUB'BLE, v.t. [for knubble, from knob, the fist.] To beat or bruise with the fist. [Not used.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a small lump or protuberance [syn: nub, nubble]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: diminutive of nub Date: 1818 a small knob or lump • nubbly adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a small knob or lump. Derivatives: nubbly adj. Etymology: dimin. of NUB

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Nubble Nub"ble, v. t. [Cf. LG. nubben to knock, cuff.] To beat or bruise with the fist. [Obs.] --Ainsworth.





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