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Wimble vs Wamble - What's the difference?

wimble | wamble |

In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between wimble and wamble

is that wimble is (obsolete) active; nimble while wamble is (obsolete) nausea; seething; bubbling; rolling boil.

As nouns the difference between wimble and wamble

is that wimble is any of various hand tools for boring holes while wamble is (obsolete) nausea; seething; bubbling; rolling boil.

As verbs the difference between wimble and wamble

is that wimble is to truss hay with a wimble while wamble is (dialect) to feel nauseous, to churn (of stomach) .

As an adjective wimble

is (obsolete) active; nimble.

wimble

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any of various hand tools for boring holes.

    • See also

    * auger * gimlet

    Verb

    (wimbl)
  • To truss hay with a wimble.
  • To bore or pierce, as with a wimble.
  • * Wood
    • A foot soldier wimbled also a hole through said coffin.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) active; nimble
    • (Spenser)

    wamble

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) Nausea; seething; bubbling; rolling boil.
  • (dialect) An unsteady walk; a staggering or wobbling.
  • * 1887 ,
    • Fancy her white hands getting redder every day, and her tongue losing its pretty up-country curl in talking, and her bounding walk becoming the regular Hintock shail and wamble !
  • A stomach rumble.

    • Verb

  • (dialect) To feel nauseous, to churn (of stomach) .
  • (dialect) To twist and turn; to wriggle; to roll over.
  • (dialect) To wobble, to totter, to waver; to walk with an unsteady gait.
  • * 1887 ,
    • She may shail, but she'll never wamble .