† Worble v.

Sc. Obs. [var. WARBLE v.³; cf. WRABBLE v.] intr. To wriggle, writhe; to wallow.

a. 1598.  Rollock, Serm., Wks. 1849, I. 444. We wer … then worbling [ed. 1616 warbling] and waltering in our awin sinne and filthinesse.

a. 1600.  Montgomerie, Sonn., xlvii. 10. Vhy haif I not, O God, als blunt a [braine] As he that daylie worbleth in the wyue.

1808.  Jamieson, s.v. Wrabil, S. warble, wurble: as to wurble in or out.