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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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¶WHUZZLE-WHAZZLE, v. An onomat. term to express the sound of a loom. Vbl.n. whuzzle-whazzling.wm.Sc. 1865 R. Buchanan Inverburn 40, 42:
The looms that whuzzle-whazzle ben the house. . . . Thick as bees the thoughts buzz'd to the whuzzle-whazzling of the loom.