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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XII).
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Quotation dates: 1640
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(Warbilling,) Warbling, vbl. n. [Cf. e.m.E. warble v. (1510) to shake or cause to vibrate, to brandish.] The act of using or wielding. — 1640 Lithgow Poet. Remains 197.
My degrees By birth were nought, but fisher men and fooles, The scumme of nature, liv'd by warbling tooles
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