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Definitions for: Warble
[n] a lumpy abscess under the hide of domestic mammals caused by larvae of a botfly or warble fly
[v] sing by changing register; sing by yodeling; "The Austrians were yodeling in the mountains"
[v] sing with trills
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
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.
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.
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.
Synonyms: descant, quaver, trill, yodel
See Also: animal disease, sing
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