warblen.1
/ˈwɔːbl/, U.S. /ˈwɔrb(ə)l/ a. In early use, a tune or melody (perhaps of some special kind) performed on an instrument or sung. Subsequently (influenced by warble v.1), the action or an act of warbling; gentle and melodious singing, esp. of birds.
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the world > animals > birds > sound or bird defined by > [noun] > song > singing
warblec1374
baya1522
recording1530
swalingc1540
firdoning1599
sonneting1614
society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > melody or succession of sounds > [noun] > a melody
notec1300
warblec1374
moteta1382
tunea1387
measurea1393
modulationa1398
prolation?a1425
gammec1425
proportion?a1505
laya1529
stroke1540
diapason?1553
strain1579
cantus1590
stripe1590
diapase1591
air1597
pawson1606
spirit1608
melody1609
aria1742
refrain1795
toon1901
sounds1955
klangfarbenmelodie1959
the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > non-arboreal (larks, etc.) > [noun] > family Alaudidae > genus Alauda > alauda arvensis (lark) > sound made by
warble1513
tiralee1596
tirra-lirra1613
c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde ii. 1033 Þough þe beste harpour vpon lyue Wolde..Touche ay o streng or ay o werbul [v.rr. warbul, -bele, -ble, werble, -bul] harpe.
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 355 In þe whiche instrumentis..þey makeþ wel mery armonye and melody wiþ wel þicke tunes, werbeles, and notes.
c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 119 Nwe nakryn noyse with þe noble pipes, Wylde werbles & wyȝt wakned lote.
c1400 J. Lydgate Chorle & Bird xi, in Minor Poems (Percy Soc.) 182 [Harl. MS. 116] The soote sugred armonye Of uncouthe varblys and tunys drawen on longe.
c1407 J. Lydgate Reson & Sensuallyte 1249 So as the Swan..Syngeth to forn his fatal day, With werbles ful of melodye.
1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid xii. Prol. 245 In wrablis [1553 werblis] dulce of hevynly armonyis The larkis..Lovys thar lege with tonys curyus.
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid vii. ii. 18 The birdis..Wyth wriblis [1553 werblis] sweit..Gan meis and glaid the hevynis.
?1553 (c1501) G. Douglas Palice of Honour (London) i. l. 521 in Shorter Poems (1967) 40 Na mair I wyl thir verbillys [1579 Edinb. verbillis] swete diffyne.
c1590 J. Stewart Poems (1913) 76 Quhair birds outbirstit doulcest verblis rair.
1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. xxv. sig. M8v Damned Sathan! that with Orphean ayres, and dextrous warbles, lead'st vs to the Flames of Hell.
1742 T. Gray Let. c8 Apr. in Corr. (1971) I. 191 I give you thanks for your warble, and wish you could sing yourself to rest.
1757 J. Dyer Fleece i. 36 With ev'ry murmur of the sliding wave, And ev'ry warble of the feather'd choir.
1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian iii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. IV. 69 The strain was solemn and affecting, sustained as it was by the pathetic warble of a voice which had naturally been a fine one.
1834 W. Wordsworth Evening Voluntaries v. 1 The linnet's warble, sinking towards a close, Hints to the thrush 'tis time for their repose.
1868 L. M. Alcott Little Women I. ii. 34 Hagar puts back the cup which holds the poison meant for Roderigo. Hugo, getting thirsty after a long warble, drinks it, loses his wits, [etc.].
b. Manner of warbling.
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the world > animals > birds > [noun] > making sound > singing
servicea1425
a bliss of birdsc1430
warblea1547
warbling1587
firdoning1599
the world > animals > birds > sound or bird defined by > [noun] > song > singing > manner of
warblea1547
rubbish1774
a1547 Earl of Surrey Poems (1964) 10 There shalt thou here and se all kindes of birdes ywrought, Well tune their voice with warble smal, as Nature hath them tought.
1776 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music I. 191 A sound so much the more agreeable, as it is not monotonous, which is the case in the warble of most other birds.
1776–83 J. O. Justamond tr. G. T. F. Raynal Philos. Hist. Europeans in Indies I. 307 Birds have a warble that is peculiar to them.
a1900 Duke of Argyll Autobiogr. (1906) I. 202 The song of the willow-wren is too low a warble to attract general attention.
c. collective. The united sound of bird-songs.
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the world > animals > birds > sound or bird defined by > [noun] > song > united sound of
chavish1674
warble1776
1776 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (ed. 4, octavo) I. ii. 374 Its notes are part of that time drowned in the general warble of the season.
1794 H. L. Piozzi Brit. Synonymy I. 200 Whose destructive temper and disposition help to disturb the peace of the forest and the warble of the grove.
Compounds
warble tone n. Physics a constant amplitude tone whose frequency is cyclically varied between certain limits, used in acoustic measurement to avoid irregularities associated with the use of single frequencies.
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the world > matter > physics > science of sound > vibration > [noun] > simple tone > with cyclical variance
warble tone1933
1933 Proc. IRE 21 1183 The introduction of a ‘warble tone’ into the technique of acoustical measurements..has also supplied a growing interest in this kind of oscillation.
1958 H. J. Gray Dict. Physics 527/1 A warble tone can be produced from an oscillator by rotating a small variable condenser in the tuned circuit at a constant speed.
1971 B. J. Smith Acoustics v. 96 To attempt to eliminate the variations due to room modes for each frequency a band of noise is used, either in the form of white noise or in warble tones.
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warblen.2
/ˈwɔːbl/, U.S. /ˈwɔrb(ə)l/ 1. A small hard tumour, caused by the pressure of the saddle on a horse's back. Usually plural.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of horses > [noun] > chafing or galling
gallc1440
navel-gall?1523
spur-galling1566
saddle boil1591
saddle bruise1591
shackle-gall1596
warble1607
pince1610
stickfast1610
saddle galla1637
spur-gall1655
collar-gall1684
saddle mark1687
holster-gall1689
navel-galling1691
gall-spot1713
warble tumour1805
saddle sore1873
1607 G. Markham Cavelarice iii. 66 You shall bathe his backe where the Saddle stood, which will keepe him from warbles.
1705 London Gaz. No. 4178/4 A..Gelding near 14 hands high,..a Warble newly broke on the off side of his Back.
1740 H. Bracken Farriery Improv'd (ed. 2) II. vi. 161 The first [Horse] will fret, gall, and be full of Warbles, with even the least Journey.
1831 W. Youatt Horse x. 169 The little tumours resulting from the pressure of the saddle are called warbles, and when they ulcerate they frequently become sitfasts.
2. A small tumour or swelling on the back of cattle, deer, etc. produced by the larva of a gad-fly (see 3).
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the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of cattle > [noun] > tumour
warnelc1000
waribreed?1523
warblea1585
leek1688
ox-spavin1728
pickeridge1882
warble-lump1886
a1585 A. Montgomerie Flyting with Polwart 314 Þe mair, the migram,..the warbillis, þe wood-worme.
1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Warble,..a swelling on the back of a cow or ox, A. Bor. [i.e. North of England].
1834 W. Youatt Cattle xix. 574 A great many of the cattle in the same pasture will have only a few warbles on their backs, while others will, in a manner, be covered with them.
1857 P. H. Gosse Omphalos xi. 309 The Worble of the Ox.
1880 Times 27 Sept. 12/6 Then, graziers are appealed to in order to prevent the hides of the living animals being injured by ‘warbles’, produced by parasitic insects.
3. The gadfly or its larva which produces ‘warbles’. Cf. warble-fly n. at Compounds 2.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Diptera or flies > [noun] > suborder Cyclorrhapha > family Oestridae > genus Oestrum or Oestrus > oestrus bovis (ox-fly)
warbotc1440
ox-fly1601
ox-gadfly1803
warble1808
ox-warble1840
ox-botfly1841
warble-fly1877
1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Warble, a sort of worm that breeds betwixt the outer and inner skin of beasts, S.
1810 Encycl. Brit. VIII. 495/1 The larvæ of the Oestrus bovis are commonly known to the country people by the names of wormils, or wormuls, or warbles.
1814 Illustr. North. Antiq. 404 The hole..(which has probably been made by a warble) in the skin of a beast that has been elf-shot.
1886 Daily News 5 May 3/5 The warble, or bot fly..strikes the cattle in the summer months, depositing its eggs upon the skin, or hair.
1889 Rep. U.S. Dept. Agric. I. 215 A very large percentage [of fifty chipmunks]..were infested with wabbles.
Compounds
C1. General attributive.
warble-hole n.
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1852 C. Tomlinson Cycl. Useful Arts (1854) II. 132/1 Those [hides] which contain warble or wurmal holes.
warble-lump n.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of cattle > [noun] > tumour
warnelc1000
waribreed?1523
warblea1585
leek1688
ox-spavin1728
pickeridge1882
warble-lump1886
1886 Daily News 5 May 3/5 The two familiar warble-lumps which may be felt on the back and loins of the..beasts affected.
warble-maggot n.
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1886 Daily News 5 May 3/5 The results of the presence of the warble-maggots..is a general derangement of health.
warble tumour n.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of horses > [noun] > chafing or galling
gallc1440
navel-gall?1523
spur-galling1566
saddle boil1591
saddle bruise1591
shackle-gall1596
warble1607
pince1610
stickfast1610
saddle galla1637
spur-gall1655
collar-gall1684
saddle mark1687
holster-gall1689
navel-galling1691
gall-spot1713
warble tumour1805
saddle sore1873
1805 R. W. Dickson Pract. Agric. II. 1188 Warble tumours arising upon the backs or sides of horses.
C2.
warble-fly n. (see 3).
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Diptera or flies > [noun] > suborder Cyclorrhapha > family Oestridae > genus Oestrum or Oestrus > oestrus bovis (ox-fly)
warbotc1440
ox-fly1601
ox-gadfly1803
warble1808
ox-warble1840
ox-botfly1841
warble-fly1877
1877 J. G. Wood Useful Arts in Nature's Teachings vii. 396 The Wurble-fly of the ox, scientifically known as Œstrus bovis.
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† warblen.3
Obsolete.
The part of the spindle that receives the thread: = whorl n.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture of thread or yarn > [noun] > spinning > machine > parts of > spindle > whorl of
whirl1411
whorlc1440
wherne1552
warblea1561
spindle-whirl1648
whare1688
spindle-twirl1855
spindle-whorl1874
a1561 [implied in: G. Cavendish Metrical Visions (1980) 86 That the warbeled spendell, no more abought shold ronne. (at warbled adj.1)].
1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Fusée, avec ses pesons, the quill of threed, or the spindle and threed with the werble.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Fusée Fusée avec ses pesons; as Astragale; because commonly the worke on it resembles many spooles and werbles threaded, or ioyned together.
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warblev.1
/ˈwɔːbl/, U.S. /ˈwɔrb(ə)l/ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > resound [verb (intransitive)]
singc897
shillc1000
warblea1400
resoundc1425
dun1440
reird1508
rolla1522
rerea1525
peal1593
diapason1608
choir1838
alarm1839
to raise (also lift) the roof1845
whang1854
society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > playing wind instrument > play wind instrument [verb (transitive)] > sound trumpet
brag1382
tucka1400
warblea1400
flat1675
a1400–50 Wars Alex. 2222 Now ere his seggis all sett & þe saute neȝis, Were wakens be-twene, werbild in trompis. [Dubl. MS. Were wakned be-twene; werblet trompez.]
c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 2004 Þe werbelande wynde wapped fro þe hyȝe & drof vche dale ful of dryftes ful grete.
2.
a.
(a) intransitive. To modulate the voice in singing; to sing with trills and quavers. In later use (influenced by sense 4), to sing softly and sweetly, in a birdlike manner; often merely a jocose substitute for singular.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > singing > sing [verb (intransitive)] > trill
warble1530
quaver1538
freddon1589
firdon16..
trill1667
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 771/2 I warbell with the voyce, as connyng syngers do, Je verbie. It is a worlde to here hym synge, whan he is disposed to warbell.
1594 R. Carew tr. J. Huarte Exam. Mens Wits viii. 114 Children..who haue a good voice, and warble in the throat, are most vntoward for all Sciences.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Fredonner, to shake, diuide, warble, quauer in singing.
a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) ii. v. 34 Come, warble, come. View more context for this quotation
1806 T. Busby Compl. Dict. Music (ed. 2) To warble is to sing in a mode, or manner, imitative of birds. Those soprano performers, whose voices are of a clear, fluted, and shrill tone, and who run divisions with a close and liquid sweetness, are said to warble.
1884 R. C. Praed Zéro xiv Patti warbled in the theatre.
(b) quasi-transitive with complement (jocular).
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1850 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis II. v. 44 She'd sit down and sing to you, and gaze at you, until she warbled your soul out of your body a'most.
b. Of music: To sound in quavering, flexible melody; to be produced with free, smooth, and rapid modulations of pitch. ? Obsolete.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > sound [verb (intransitive)] > sound tremulous
trill1667
warble1714
1714 J. Gay Shepherd's Week iii. 3 Such Strains ne'er warble in the Linnets Throat.
a1751 P. Doddridge Hymns (1755) 270 No Groans to mingle with the Songs, Which warble from immortal Tongues.
1813 Sketches of Character (ed. 2) I. i At the same instant, Emily's sweetest notes warbled in his ear.
c. poetic. Of a small stream: To make melody as it flows. Also of the wind.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sound of water > make sound of or like water [verb (intransitive)] > ripple
warble1579
purla1586
pipple1592
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > [verb (intransitive)] > rushing sound > of wind
whither1487
warble1579
huffle1862
whuffle1906
1579 [implied in: E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. June 4 The gentle warbling wynde. (at warbling adj.1 1a)].
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 31 The flowrie Brooks beneath That wash thy hallowd feet, and warbling flow. View more context for this quotation
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) To Warble..to gargle or purl, as a Brook or Stream.
1744 J. Thomson Spring in Seasons (new ed.) 19 High to their Fount,..amid the Hills, And Woodlands warbling round, trace up the Brooks.
1807 G. Crabbe Village (rev. ed.) ii, in Poems 29 As Old Thames..Sees his young streams run warbling at his side.
1814 R. Southey Roderick xviii. 207 The quiet voice Of waters warbling near.
d. U.S. To yodel. (In recent American dictionaries.)
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1880 [implied in: ‘M. Twain’ Tramp Abroad xxviii. 289 We recognized, also, that it was that sort of quaint commingling of baritone and falsetto which at home we call ‘Tyrolese warbling’. (at warbling n.1 c)].
3. transitive.
a. To sing with quavering trills and runs, to utter melodiously, to carol. Also to warble forth, out, over.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > singing > sing [verb (transitive)] > trill
knackc1380
quaver1570
warble1576
thrill1646
trilla1701
1576 G. Gascoigne Complaynt of Phylomene in Steele Glas sig. K.iij And many a note, she warbled wondrous wel.
a1593 C. Marlowe Ovid's Elegies i. i. 33 Elegian Muse, that warblest amorous laies.
1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 207 The lookers on incessantly warble out soft trembling Musique.
1693 J. Dryden tr. Juvenal in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires vi. 93 Softly She Warbles over, all she hears.
a1771 T. Gray Ode in W. Mason Mem. Life & Writings (1775) 236 The Sky-Lark warbles high His trembling thrilling extacy.
1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xxv. 215 Emmy..began to warble that stanza from the favourite song of ‘Wapping Old Stairs’.
1854 Poultry Chron. 2 118/1 Again, we have that pretty songster..warbling forth its melodious song, the Canary.
1868 L. M. Alcott Little Women I. xii. 200 Ned, getting sentimental, warbled a serenade.
b. To express or celebrate in song or verse. Also with forth, †out.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > compose (poetry) [verb (transitive)] > recount or celebrate in poetry
singc825
versifyc1386
verse1446
berime?1589
poetize?1594
warble1605
beverse1763
society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > singing > sing [verb (transitive)] > celebrate in song
singc900
record?a1534
chant1557
warble1605
carol1637
paean1820
besing1828
minstrel1873
1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. i. 1 O Father, graunt I sweetly warble forth Vnto our seed the Worlds renowned Birth.
1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 7 The Riuer Læthe so warbled out by Poets.
1645 J. Milton Psalm cxxxvi in Poems 16 Let us therfore warble forth His mighty Majesty and worth.
1725 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. i. 446 Warbling the Grecian woes with harp and voice.
1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 109. ⁋2 You..warble out your groans with uncommon elegance.
1868 L. M. Alcott Little Women I. ii. 32 Having warbled his thanks..Hugo departed.
1875 Ld. Tennyson Queen Mary iii. vi. 175 Or would you have me turn a sonneteer, And warble those brief-sighted eyes of hers?
4. intransitive.† a. To twitter, as a young bird; to make uncertain attempts at singing. Also figurative. Obsolete.
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the world > animals > birds > [verb (intransitive)] > make sound
to sing awk1600
warble1605
snapper1664
flute1800
note1906
wing-clap1964
society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > singing > sing [verb (intransitive)] > attempt to sing
warble1605
1605 L. Andrewes Serm. Heb. ii. 16 (1629) 8 It brought forth a Benedictus, and a Magnificat, from the true seed of Abraham; If it do not the like, from us, certainely it but flotes in our braines; we but warble about it.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Gazouiller,..to warble, as a young bird when it first begins, or learnes, to sing.
b. Of birds: To sing clearly and sweetly.
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the world > animals > birds > sound or bird defined by > [verb (intransitive)] > sing
singOE
chant?a1500
record1590
firdon16..
warble1606
jerk1768
tootle1820
roll1886
1606 W. Warner Continuance Albions Eng. xiv. lxxxii. 343 No birds were heard to warbl.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost viii. 265 Birds on the branches warbling . View more context for this quotation
1733 A. Pope Ess. Man i. 198 The Life..which warbles thro' the vernal wood.
c1751 T. Gray Elegy in Poems (1966) 42 The Red-breast loves to build, & warble there.
1859 E. Capern Ballads & Songs (new ed.) 138 When thrushes warble in the elm tree's crown.
c. Of telephones (spec. Trimphones): to make a distinctive trilling sound.
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society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telephony > communicate by telephone [verb (intransitive)] > ring (of telephone bell)
ring1885
warble1965
1965 Times 11 May 6/7 The new instrument is called a Trimphone and, in the words of the Post Office, it does not ring, it warbles.
1969 Daily Tel. 18 Apr. 23/2 The £1 charged is also removed from the cost of installing a Trimphone—the one that ‘warbles’.
1973 G. Moffat Deviant Death v. 68 The telephone was warbling softly.
1981 T. Barling Bikini Red North x. 206 The telephone warbled... ‘You must answer it.’
5. † a. transitive. To manipulate (the strings of a musical instrument) in playing. Obsolete.† b. intransitive. Of a stringed instrument: To give forth melodious sounds. Obsolete.† c. To play upon as upon strings. Obsolete.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > playing stringed instrument > play stringed instrument [verb (transitive)]
warble1578
twang1579
sweep1638
1578 H. Wotton tr. J. Yver Courtlie Controuersie 285 Then hee tooke his Lute, and warbling the strings with tenne thousand delicate diuisions, hee beganne to saye [etc.].
1638 F. Junius Painting of Ancients 297 The left [hand]..did with divided fingers warble the strings.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > sound of instruments > sound [verb (intransitive)] > stringed instruments
twangle1558
warble1620
tumc1830
1620 T. Granger Syntagma Logicum 66 The Harpe warbleth.
1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho II. ii. 49 The while we chant our ditties sweet To some soft shell that warbles near.
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the world > action or operation > operation upon something > have effect on [verb (transitive)] > play upon as upon strings
warblea1641
a1641 J. Smyth Berkeley MSS (1883) I. 371 Upon which stringe I have already warbled in the ill harmony of the six last lords lives.
a1677 I. Barrow Of Contentm. (1685) 187 New objects with a gentle and gratefull touch warble upon the corporeal organs, or excite the spirits into a pleasant frisk of motion.
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d. Scottish. ‘To play the quicker measures of a piece of bagpipe music, in which there are a large number of grace-notes’ ( Eng. Dial. Dict.)
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warblev.2
/ˈwɔːbl/, U.S. /ˈwɔrb(ə)l/ Falconry.
transitive. To cross (the wings) together over the back after ‘rousing’ and ‘mantling’. Also absol.
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the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > [verb (transitive)] > action of Falconiformes
sewc1450
snite1486
warble1486
sweep?1533
aire1600
1486 Bk. St. Albans, Hawking a vj b Whan she hath mantilled hir and bryngith booth her wynges to geider ouer hir backe ye shall say yowre hawke warbelleth hir wynges.
1486 Bk. St. Albans, Hawking c viii b She warbbelyth when she drawith booth her wyngys ouer the myddys of her backe.
1575 G. Turberville Bk. Faulconrie 134 Stroke on hir wings that shee [sc. your Spar-hawke] may mantle and warble.
c1575 Perfect Bk. Kepinge Sparhawkes (1886) 10 Yf good, let her styre, rouse, mantle, or warbile a while.
Derivatives
ˈwarbling n.
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the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > [noun] > actions of
warbling1632
mantling1773
1632 Guillim's Display of Heraldrie (ed. 2) iii. xx. 228 Which action you shall terme, the warbling of her wings.
1852 R. F. Burton Falconry in Valley of Indus vi. 65 (note) Rousing themselves, ‘mantling’ and ‘warbling’ (crossing the wings over the back, after stretching the legs), as though they had escaped a prison.
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† warblev.3
Obsolete.† 2. intransitive. To vibrate, quiver; to wobble. Obsolete.
1. transitive. To shake or cause to vibrate, to brandish.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > vibration > vibrate [verb (transitive)] > shake
reseeOE
swengea1000
shakeOE
stira1023
rogglea1398
bitaltc1400
rogc1400
shigc1440
warble1510
brangle1513
shatter1533
wap1570
goggle1576
esbrandill1588
concute1599
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1510 J. Stanbridge Vocabula (W. de W.) D iv Vibro, to warble.
1548 W. Thomas Ital. Gram. & Dict. (1567) Vibrare, to shake or warble, as to shake a sword against the sunne.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > vibration > vibrate [verb (intransitive)] > tremble or quiver
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tremor1921
1549 [implied in: M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. Jas. i. f. xxviii He..that letteth his tongue runne at large, which is a warbling membre and a slyppery. (at warbling adj.2)].
?a1560 Jack Jugler 231 She quauerith, and wardelith [? read warbelith], like one in a galiard Euerye ioynt in her bodye and euerie part.
1574 J. Baret Aluearie F 299 Tremula in pileo pluma, a warbling or quavering feather, &c.
1604 T. Wright Passions of Minde (new ed.) v. §2. 221 The heartes of men without thee their last end and eternall quietnesse, are ever ranging, warbling, and never out of motion.
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. viii. 376 Whilst I cut, and crush their [sc. the serpents'] warbling wombe.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 17/1 Stars..seem to have resplendent Rays waving or warbling forth.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iv. ix. 402/1 The English shipps haue..ouer the sterne, a Red square ensigne as large as the ship will giue liberty to Warble about without touching of the mizen mast.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
† warblev.4
Obsolete. rare.
intransitive. ? To quarrel, wrangle.
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society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > quarrel [verb (intransitive)] > in noisy or angry manner
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1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. x. xl. 382 There arose some warbling altercatio amongst the chicken-maisters touching the auspice..of that day.
Derivatives
ˈwarbling n. and adj.
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society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > [noun]
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throwing1897
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. i. 2 [He] can crowd and chawe from his warbling waspishnes, this stinging censure of absurd vntrueth.
1650 J. Trapp Clavis to Bible (Gen. xvi. 5) 130 Those couples that are ever warbling, can neither be at peace within themselves,..nor pray as they should do to God,..which if they did often..they could not disagree.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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