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TUMBLER , that which " tumbles," i.e. falls or rolls over or down. The O. Eng. tumbiare, of which See also:Mid. Eng. tumblere is a frequentative See also:form, appears also in Du. tuimelen, Ger. taumeln, to stagger, tumble about; Fr. tomber, to fall, is See also:Teutonic in origin. As applied to a See also:person, "'tumbler " is another word for an See also:acrobat, one who shows his agility by turning somersaults, See also:standing on his See also:head, walking or dancing on his hands, &c. It is interesting to See also:note that Herodias' daughter See also:Salome is described as a tumbe.stere in Harl. MS., 1701, f. 8, quoted by Halliwell (See also:Diet. of Archaic Words), and in the margin of Wycliffe's See also:Bible (Matt. xiv. 6) tumblide is given as a variant of daunside (danced). Similarly, in See also:early pictures of her dancing before See also:Herod, she is represented sometimes as standing on her head. The See also:common drinking-See also:glass known as a " tumbler," which now is the name given to a See also:plain cylindrical glass without a See also:stem or See also:foot, was originally a glass with a rounded or pointed See also:base, which could only stand on being emptied and inverted (see DRINKING VESSELS, See also:Plate I., fig. 3). TUMBLE-See also:WEED, a botanical See also:term for a plant which breaks loose when dry, and is blown about, scattering its seeds by the way. Additional information and CommentsThere are no comments yet for this article.
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