Emily Dickinson Lexicon

QUIB'BLE, n. [it seems to be from the root of quib, supra, W. cwipiaw, to turn or move rapidly, or gwibiaw, to wander. See Wabble.]

1. A start or turn from the point in question, or from plain truth; an evasion; a cavil; a pretense; as, to answer a sound argument by quibbles. Quirks and quibbles have no place in the search after truth. – Watts.
2. A pun; a low conceit. – Addison.