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warbling


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Warble  \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. 




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