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† ˈtramble, v. Obs.
[Origin uncertain. Cf. Sw. dial. tramla, trumla to fall (Rietz).]
1. intr. To roll over and over; to tumble, fall headlong. rare—1.
1609Bible (Douay) Job xxx. 14 They haue broken violently vpon me, and are come trambling downe to my miseries [Vulg. ad meas miserias devoluti sunt].
2. trans. To wash (tin-ore) by agitating it in a trough of water (buddle n.2) with a special shovel called a tramble trambling shovel; to buddle; = toze v.2
1671Phil. Trans. VI. 2109 A man..with a Trambling shovel in his hand to cast up the Ore. Ibid. 2110 When this Buddle grows full, we take it up; here distinguishing again the Fore-head from the Middle and Tails; which are trambled over again. 1710J. Harris Lex. Techn. II, Trambling, is the Term used in Dressing of Tin-ore, for washing it very clean in Water..with..a Trambling-shovel, and in a Frame of Boards, which they call a Buddle. |