wabe
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An area of grass around a sundial
- noun
- /weɪb/
- Archaic
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wabe
- In Alice's adventures, she often wandered through the wabe while pondering life's mysteries.
Examples
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As the sun set, the garden's wabe was illuminated by the gentle glow of the daylight.
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"'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe
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'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves did gyre and gimble in the wabe.
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'Twas brillig And the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe
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'Twas brillig And the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe
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The creatures danced playfully in the wabe, enjoying the warm sunlight around the sundial.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Wabe was invented by Lewis Carroll to mean the grassy area around a sundial. A helpful way to remember it is to think of wabe like a 'way' that goes around the dial, because Carroll said it was the grass that goes 'a long way' before and behind the sundial.