I should have known!
\Wim"ble\, a. [Cf. Sw. vimmelkantig giddy, whimsical, dial
'Dial' ? Now I'm thinking...
nimble would have a similar meaning?
(but thimble doesn't, nevermind)
I'll get over to the library at some point today and see what it says in the OED.
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