[f. next.] The action or an act of wobbling; an unsteady rocking motion or movement; also fig.
1699. Phil. Trans., XXI. 286. That direction being nothing but a certain wabble in the Earth’s Motion.
1842. Francis, Dict. Arts, etc., Wabble, a hobbling unequal motion.
1867. F. Francis, Bk. Angling, iv. 89. The long, slow wobble of a badly spinning bait.
1870. A. Steinmetz, Gaming Table, II. v. 154. The mouth[s] of the pockets themselves are easier of access; and the chance of a wobble all but avoided.
1896. H. G. Wells, Wheels of Chance, v. 33. It [the bicycle] began an absolutely unprecedented Wabble.
1911. Sat. Rev., 19 Aug., 223/1. That is a quite characteristic wobble on the part of Sir Wilfrid Laurier, who has so often said Canada wants nothing in return.
b. pl. (Austral.) A disease in cattle caused by eating the leaves of the palm-tree.
1895. Queenslander, 7 Dec., 1090. Rickets or Wobbles in Cattle.
