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7 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Kent bugle \Kent" bu"gle\ [Probably named after a Duke of Kent.] (Mus.) A curved bugle, having six finger keys or stops, by means of which the performer can play upon every key in the musical scale; -- called also {keyed bugle}, and key {bugle}. --Moore. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bugle \Bu"gle\, n. [LL. bugulus a woman's ornament: cf G. b["u]gel a bent piece of metal or wood, fr the same root as G. biegen to bend, E. bow to bend.] An elongated glass bead, of various colors, though commonly black. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bugle \Bu"gle\, a. [From {Bugle} a bead.] Jet black. ``Bugle eyeballs.'' --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bugle \Bu"gle\, n. [F. bugle; cf It bugola L. bugillo.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus {Ajuga} of the Mint family, a native of the Old World. {Yellow bugle}, the {Ajuga cham[ae]pitys}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bugle \Bu"gle\, n. [OE. bugle buffalo, buffalo's horn, OF bugle, fr L. buculus a young bullock, steer, dim. of bos ox See {Cow} the animal.] A sort of wild ox a buffalo. --E. Phillips. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bugle \Bu"gle\, n. [See {Bugle} a wild ox.] 1. A horn used by hunters. 2. (Mus.) 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more conical that the trumpet, sometimes keyed; formerly much used in military bands, very rarely in the orchestra; now superseded by the cornet; -- called also the {Kent bugle}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: bugle n 1: without valves; used for military calls and fanfares 2: any of various low-growing annual or perennial evergreen herbs native to Eurasia; used for ground cover [syn: {bugleweed}] 3: a tubular glass or plastic bead sewn onto clothing for decoration v : play on a bugle
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