Meanings (ES + gloss)
chancomer • mordisquear
To lightly bite (a person or animal, or part of their body), especially in a loving or playful manner; to nip.
My hand, as it hangs down, thou nibblest tenderly, […]
Social animals perform many little services for each other: horses nibble, and cows lick each other, on any spot which itches: […]
apolillar • carcomer • chancomer • comichear • comiscar • comisquear • mordisquear • picotear • roer • rosigar
Chiefly followed by at, away, or on: to take a small, quick bite, or several of such bites; to eat (at frequent intervals) with small, quick bites.
The rabbit nibbled at the lettuce.
What deepe and rare pointes of hiddẽ [hidden] secrets Virgil hathe sealde vp in hys twelue bookes of Aeneis, maye easily appeare to such reaching wits, as bend their endeuours, to…