A round Nubble about 14 mile in diameter, of sharp, rocky bottom having about 40 fathoms over it.
"Fishing Grounds of the Gulf of Maine"
Walter H. Rich
There, below me, looking as if it had floated off from the main, was the barren rock called the Nubble, the farthest land in this direction, with Cape Neddoek harbor in full view.
"Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast"
Samuel Adams Drake
And noo I am thinking ye'll een let the puir mon in the dock just gae free; and pit my laird, his greece, the Nubble duk', intil the prisoner's place.
"The Lost Lady of Lone"
E.D.E.N. Southworth