Wabble

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Wabble \Wab"ble\ (w[o^]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]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Wabble \Wab"ble\, n.
     A hobbling, unequal motion, as of a wheel unevenly hung; a
     staggering to and fro.
     [1913 Webster]