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wobbler|ˈwɒblə(r)|
Also 8 wabler, 9 wabbler.
[f. wobble v. + -er1.]
1. One who or that which wobbles; a person or animal that walks unsteadily; one who wavers or vacillates in opinion; also spec. (see quots. 1785, 1823, 1875).
1785Grose Dict. Vulgar T., Wabler, foot wabler, a contemptuous term for a foot soldier, frequently used by those of the cavalry. 1823‘Jon Bee’ Dict. Turf, Wabbler, a boiled leg of mutton, alluding to the noise made in dressing it. 1875Knight Dict. Mech. 2717 Wabbler, an elliptical cutter⁓head placed at such obliquity on the shaft as to revolve in a circular path. Sometimes called a drunken cutter. 1887Pall Mall Gaz. 20 Aug. 1/1 Such a Government of Wobblers. 1897Barrère & Leland Dict. Slang, Wobbler,..a horse that swerves from side to side when trotting.
2. Mech.
a. A projection on a roll in a rolling-mill, by means of which it may be turned.
1904J. W. Hall in F. W. Harbord Metallurgy of Steel xvi. 294 At the outer end of each neck forming part of the casting is a ‘wobbler’, provided with either three or four prongs or corners, by means of which the roll is driven. 1919Jrnl. Inst. Metals XXII. 383 Rolls.—These are usually of chilled cast iron or hardened steel. For wobbler ends, the four-horn design is the most general in use... A rule is suggested regarding length of spindles and clearance between wobbler and box. 1930Engineering 25 Apr. 539/1 A driving bar socket for the wobbler drive is bolted to the face-plate. 1978W. L. Roberts Cold Rolling of Steel iii. 64 Wobblers are shown in Figure 3-3, and flat roll ends in Figure 3-4.
b. = wobble plate s.v. wobble v. 5.
1950W. E. Wilson Positive-Displacement Pumps & Fluid Motors iii. 42 Oil pressure forces the pistons against the nonrotating wobbler. The resultant force is transmitted through ball and roller bearings to the wobbler plate on the shaft and imparts a rotating action to it.
3. Angling. A lure that wobbles and does not spin.
1928E. F. Spence Pike Fisher v. 55 The ‘shining streak of silver’ does not resemble any inhabitant of river or lake, but the ‘wobbler’ does look something like an injured fish. 1945[see leervis]. 1960M. Sharcott Place of Many Winds vii. 120 ‘I bought a dozen new wobblers,’ he says as he lifts the lid to reveal the shiny brass cohoe⁓spoons. 1977Best of Austral. Angler 49/1 The wobbler and spoon type lure, however, whilst also being highly attractive to trout, are more suited to the physical requirements.
Add:4. = wobbly n.2 Freq. in phr. to throw a wobbler. slang.
1942Berrey & Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §130/11 Fit, esp. a feigned one... Brody,..wobbler. 1985Sunday Times 5 May 7/2 Vikki said the camera shots were all wrong, her manager objected to ‘the thin sound’, and the backing group..threw a complete wobbler. 1989Looks Dec. 53/1 Mum throws a wobbler with three weeks to go. If anyone buys her slippers, a scarf or perfume again this year, she's on the first plane out with the milkman. |