swabble, v. dial.
(ˈswɒb(ə)l)
Also 5 swable.
[f. swab v.1 + -le.
Cf. LG. swabbeln to be agitated, to sway about, reel, make the sound of splashing water, WFlem. swabbelen, swobbelen to draw backwards and forwards in water, to make the noise characteristic of this action; so G. schwappeln in similar senses; also Sw. svabel mop, svabla to mop.]
intr. a. To sway about. b. To make a noise like that of water moved about.
| 14.. Promp. Parv. 481/2 Swablynge, or swaggynge (A. swabbyng). 1848 Evans Leicester. Words, Swabble v., to vibrate with a noise, like liquids in a bottle: ‘I heard the water swabble in her chest’. 1876 Whitby Gloss., Swabble, to reel about. |