warble

verb

No English definition recorded for this entry.

Pronunciation: /ˈwɔɹbl̩/ / /ˈwɔːbl̩/

Etymology: From Middle English werble (at least for the noun), from Frankish *werbel (mole cricket), cognate to Walloon waerbea.

A lesion under the skin of cattle, caused by the larva of a bot fly of genus Hypoderma.
A small hard swelling on a horse's back, caused by the galling of the saddle.

Etymology: Perhaps onomatopoeic.

To modulate a tone's frequency.
To sing like a bird, especially with trills.
“Her voice more sweet than warbling sound, Tho’ sung by nightingale or lark, Her eyes such lustre dart around, Compar’d to them the sun is dark.”
“In the swamp in secluded recesses, / A shy and hidden bird is warbling a song.”
To cause to quaver or vibrate.
“touch the warbled string”
To be quavered or modulated; to be uttered melodiously.
“The wailings of a maiden I recite, / A maiden fair, that Sparabella hight. / Such ſtrains ne'er warble in the linnet's throat, / Nor the gay goldfinch chaunts ſo ſweet a note, [...]”