| Webster's Online Dictionary |
Date "BELL-WAVERING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1898. (references) |
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Literature | 1: "I doubt me his wits have gone bell-wavering by the road."- Sir W. Scott: The Monastery, chap vii. 2: Bell-wavering Vacillating, swaying from side to side like a bell. A man whose mind jangles out of tune from delirium, drunkenness, or temporary insanity, is said to have his wits gone bell-wavering. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | ||
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