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Meaning of WABBLE

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \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.
    
  2. \Wab"ble\, n.
    A hobbling, unequal motion, as of a wheel unevenly hung; a
    staggering to and fro.
    
 
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