† whiblin Obs.
Of doubtful origin and meaning; perh. a slang term denoting ‘thingumbob’, ‘what-d'ye-call-it’; but cf. whibble and quiblin.
With quot. 1604 cf. whifling, whimling.
| 1604 Dekker Honest Wh. i. i. ii, Hees a very mandrake, or else..one a these whiblins, and thats worse, and then all the children that he gets lawfully of your body sister, are bastards by a statute. 1613 Marston Insat. C'tess ii. D j b, A rare whiblin, To be reueng'd, and yet gaine pleasure in't. 1623 J. Taylor (Water P.) World runs on Wheels Wks. (1630) ii. 234/1 Proiects..of planting the Ile of Dogs with Whiblins, Corwhichets, Mushromes and Tobacco. a 1652 Brome Lovesick Court v. i, Come, Sir, let go your whiblin. (Dis. snatcheth his sword away.) |