Hypertext Webster Gateway: "warble"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Warble \War"ble\, n.
A quavering modulation of the voice; a musical trill; a song.
And he, the wondrous child, Whose silver warble wild
Outvalued every pulsing sound. --Emerson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Warble \War"ble\, n. [Cf. {Wormil}.]
1. (Far.)
(a) A small, hard tumor which is produced on the back of a
horse by the heat or pressure of the saddle in
traveling.
(b) A small tumor produced by the larv[ae] of the gadfly
in the backs of horses, cattle, etc. Called also
{warblet}, {warbeetle}, {warnles}.
2. (Zo["o]l.) See {Wormil}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Warble \War"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Warbled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Warbling}.] [OE. werbelen, OF. werbler; of Teutonic origin;
cf. G. wirbeln to turn, to warble, D. wervelen, akin to E.
whirl. See {Whirl}.]
1. To sing in a trilling, quavering, or vibratory manner; to
modulate with turns or variations; to trill; as, certain
birds are remarkable for warbling their songs.
2. To utter musically; to modulate; to carol.
If she be right invoked in warbled song. --Milton.
Warbling sweet the nuptial lay. --Trumbull.
3. To cause to quaver or vibrate. ``And touch the warbled
string.'' --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Warble \War"ble\, v. i.
1. To be quavered or modulated; to be uttered melodiously.
Such strains ne'er warble in the linnet's throat.
--Gay.
3. To sing in a trilling manner, or with many turns and
variations. ``Birds on the branches warbling.'' --Milton.
3. To sing with sudden changes from chest to head tones; to
yodel.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Wormil \Wor"mil\, n. [Cf. 1st {Warble}.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) Any botfly larva which burrows in or beneath
the skin of domestic and wild animals, thus producing
sores. They belong to various species of {Hypoderma} and
allied genera. Domestic cattle are often infested by a
large species. See {Gadfly}. Called also {warble}, and
{worble}. [Written also {wormal}, {wormul}, and {wornil}.]
2. (Far.) See 1st {Warble}, 1
(b) .
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
warble
n : a lumpy abscess under the hide of domestic mammals caused by
larvae of a botfly or warble fly
v 1: sing with trills [syn: {trill}, {quaver}]
2: sing by changing register; sing by yodeling; "The Austrians
were yodeling in the mountains" [syn: {yodel}, {descant}]
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