gibes

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By the kibes of thy heels, quoth Panurge, thou dost not understand the topics.

From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3 by Motteux, Peter Anthony

If a man's brains were in's heels, were't not in danger of kibes?

From King Lear by Shakespeare, William

O 'tis a foul thing when a dog cannot keep himself in all companies, but must grub for garbage in the gutter, and yap at constables' kibes!

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, January 10, 1891 by Various

Lord Byron, a very inaccurate writer, takes it to mean heel:     Devices quaint, and frolics ever new,       Tread on each others' kibes: Childe Harold, Canto 1.

From The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark A Study with the Text of the Folio of 1623 by MacDonald, George

With adventurers, people who are treading upon his kibes, equivocal pretenders who are galling his heel, he is hopelessly exclusive, preserving towards them an armed neutrality.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 327, January, 1843 by Various