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BUGLING
Verb
bugling
present participle of bugle
Noun
bugling (plural buglings)
The act of playing a bugle.
Anagrams
• bulging
Source: Wiktionary
BUGLE
Bu"gle, n. Etym: [OE. bugle buffalo, buffalo's horn, OF. bugle, fr. L. buculus a young bullock, steer, dim. of bos ox. See Cow the animal.]
Definition: A sort of wild ox; a buffalo. E. Phillips.
Bu"gle, n. Etym: [See Bugle a wild ox.]
1. A horn used by hunters.
2. (Mus.)
Definition: A copper instrument of the horn quality of tone, shorter and more conical that the trumpet, sometimes keyed; formerly much used in military bands, very rarely in the orchestra; now superseded by the cornet; -- called also the Kent bugle.
Bu"gle, n. Etym: [LL. bugulus a woman's ornament: cf. G. bĂĽgel a bent piece of metal or wood, fr. the same root as G. biegen to bend, E. bow to bend.]
Definition: An elingated glass bead, of various colors, though commonly black.
Bu"gle, a. Etym: [From Bugle a bead.]
Definition: Jet black. "Bugle eyeballs." Shak.
Bu"gle, n. Etym: [F. bugle; cf. It. bugola, L. bugillo.] (Bot.)
Definition: A plant of the genus Ajuga of the Mint family, a native of the Old World. Yellow bugle, the Ajuga chamæpitys.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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