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wabe|weɪb| A factitious word introduced by ‘Lewis Carroll’ (see quot. 18552).
1855‘L. Carroll’ Rectory Umbrella & Mischmasch (1932) 139 The slythy toves Did gyre and gymble in the wabe. Ibid. 140 Wabe, (derived from the verb to swab or soak). ‘The side of a hill’ (from its being soaked by the rain). 1871― Through Looking-Glass 24 The slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe. |