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Warble
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(v. i.) To sing with sudden changes from chest to head tones; to yodel.
(2):
(v. i.) To be quavered or modulated; to be uttered melodiously.
(3):
(n.) A small, hard tumor which is produced on the back of a horse by the heat or pressure of the saddle in traveling.
(4):
(v. t.) To cause to quaver or vibrate.
(5):
(n.) A small tumor produced by the larvae of the gadfly in the backs of horses, cattle, etc. Called also warblet, warbeetle, warnles.
(6):
(v. t.) 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.
(7):
(n.) A quavering modulation of the voice; a musical trill; a song.
(8):
(v. i.) To sing in a trilling manner, or with many turns and variations.
(9):
(n.) See Wormil.
(10):
(v. t.) To utter musically; to modulate; to carol.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Warble'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/w/warble.html. 1828.
