Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1728, 1832-1856
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GORBLE, v.1 To eat ravenously, to gobble (Lth. 1808 Jam.; Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl. 234; Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B.; Dmf. 1955). Gen. followed by up. Also in n.Cy. dial.Sc. 1728 Ramsay Poems (S.T.S.) II. 54:
Raff soon reply'd, and lick'd his Thumb, To gorble't up without a Gloom.Sc. 1832–46 Whistle-Binkie (1890) 373:
Fu' o' cracks is the ice, but we'll smuir our dule By gorblin' up parritch and cakes.s.Sc. 1856 H. S. Riddell St Matthew xiii. 4:
Some seeds fell bie the waye-side, an' the fowlis o' the air cam' an' gorblet them up.
