Lexicographical Neighbors of Jabble
Literary usage of Jabble
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Jamieson's Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are by John Jamieson, John Johnstone (1867)
"JABBIT, adj. Fatigued ; jaded. Gl. Shirr. jabble, i. Weak soup, Aberd. ...
Weak, watery, spirituous liquors. Gall. Encycl. V. jabble, soup. ..."
2. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: To which is by John Jamieson (1880)
"jabble, ». 1. "A large blunt needle," The term in both sense» seeing ... [To
jabble, va 1. To cause agitation of the sea, as when the wind rises, Clydes. 2. ..."
3. The Metropolitan (1831)
"And soon Big Bill was aboard — and if he did'nt soon clear her decks there's
never no snakes in Virginny—' jabble, Jab- ble,' you'd hear Crappo cry ..."
4. Good Words by Norman Macleod (1876)
"Is there therefore no certain and regular flow in the tides, but only a universal
jabble ? The whole system of the world from the whirling planets in the ..."
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