NIBBLE

nibble. Nibble, v. to eat slowly, bite at, carp at

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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. Thy turfy mountains, where live nibbling sheep. Shak.