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Webster 1913 Edition

Tumbling

Tum′bling

,
Adj.
&
vb.
Noun.
from
Tumble
,
Verb.
Tumbling barrel
.
Same as
Rumble
,
Noun.
, 4.
–
Tumbling bay
,
an overfall, or weir, in a canal.

Webster 1828 Edition

Tumbling

TUM'BLING

,
ppr.
Rolling about; falling; disturbing; rumpling.
Tumbling-home, in a ship, is the inclination of the top-sides from a perpendicular, towards the center of the ship; or the part of a ship which falls inward above the extreme breadth.

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