Obs. [Perh. a. Du. wervelen: see prec. Cf. WOBBLE v.]
1. trans. To shake or cause to vibrate, to brandish.
1510. Stanbridge, Vocabula (W. de W.), D iv. Vibro, to warble.
1548. Thomas, Ital. Dict. (1567), Vibrare, to shake or warble, as to shake a sword against the sunne.
† 2. intr. To vibrate, quiver; to wobble. Obs.
1549, 1573, 1632. [see WARBLING ppl. a.2].
a. 1560[?]. Jack Jugler, 231. She quauerith, and wardelith [? read warbelith], like one in a galiard Euerye ioynt in her bodye and euerie part.
1604. T. Wright, Passions, V. § 2. 221. The heartes of men without thee their last end and eternall quietnesse, are ever ranging, warbling, and never out of motion.
1688. R. Holme, Armoury, II. 17/1. Stars … seem to have resplendent Rays waving or warbling forth. Ibid., IV. ix. (Roxb.), 402/1. The English shipps haue … ouer the sterne, a Red square ensigne as large as the ship will giue liberty to Warble about without touching of the mizen mast.
