"hamble" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: hambles [present, singular, third-person], hambling [participle, present], hambled [participle, past], hambled [past]
Etymology: From Middle English hamelen, from Old English hamelian (“to hamstring, mutilate”), from Proto-Germanic *hamalōną, *hamlōną (“to mutilate”), from Proto-Indo-European *kem- (“mutilated, hornless”). Cognate with German hammeln, hämmeln (“to geld”), Icelandic hamla (“to mutilate, maim”), Dutch hamel (“wether”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|hamelen}} Middle English hamelen, {{inh|en|ang|hamelian||to hamstring, mutilate}} Old English hamelian (“to hamstring, mutilate”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*hamalōną}} Proto-Germanic *hamalōną, {{m|gem-pro|*hamlōną||to mutilate}} *hamlōną (“to mutilate”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*kem-||mutilated, hornless}} Proto-Indo-European *kem- (“mutilated, hornless”), {{cog|de|hammeln}} German hammeln, {{m|de|hämmeln||to geld}} hämmeln (“to geld”), {{cog|is|hamla||to mutilate, maim}} Icelandic hamla (“to mutilate, maim”), {{cog|nl|hamel||wether}} Dutch hamel (“wether”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} hamble (third-person singular simple present hambles, present participle hambling, simple past and past participle hambled)
  1. (obsolete, transitive) To mutilate; hamstring; cut away. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-hamble-en-verb-KeAVEgZW
  2. (transitive) To cut out the balls of the feet of (dogs) so as to render them unfit for hunting. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-hamble-en-verb-gLvL8EpI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 55 15 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 22 68 10 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 22 68 10
  3. (intransitive) To walk lame; limp. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Gaits
    Sense id: en-hamble-en-verb-RNn4NksY Disambiguation of Gaits: 14 27 59
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hammel, hamel, hammle

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