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Webster 1913 Edition

Wabble

Wab′ble

(wŏb′b’l)
,
Verb.
I.
[Cf. Prov. G.
wabbeln
to wabble, and E.
whap
. Cf.
Quaver
.]
To move staggeringly or unsteadily from one side to the other; to vacillate; to move the manner of a rotating disk when the axis of rotation is inclined to that of the disk; – said of a turning or whirling body;
as, a top
wabbles
; a buzz saw
wabbles
.

Wab′ble

,
Noun.
A hobbling, unequal motion, as of a wheel unevenly hung; a staggering to and fro.

Webster 1828 Edition

Wabble

WABBLE

,
Verb.
I.
To move from one side to the other; to vacillate; as a turning or whirling body. So it is said a top wabbles, when it is in motion, and deviates from a perpendicular direction; a spindle wabbles, when it moves one way and the other. [This word is applied chiefly to bodies when turning with a circular motion, and its place canot be supplied by any other word in the language. It is neither low nor barbarous.]

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