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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
wabble \wab"ble\ wo^b"b'l, v. 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.
1913 webster
see also:
quaver
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
wabble \wab"ble\, n.
a hobbling, unequal motion, as of a wheel unevenly hung; a
staggering to and fro.
1913 webster
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