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   Rumble (?), v. i. [OE. romblen, akin to D. rommelen, G. rumpeln, Dan. rumle; cf. Icel. rymja to roar.]
   1. To make a low, heavy, continued sound; as, “the thunder rumbles at a distance”.
   
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   In the mean while the skies 'gan rumble sore. Surrey.
   
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   The people cried and rombled up and down. Chaucer.
   
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   2. To murmur; to ripple.
   
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   To rumble gently down with murmur soft. Spenser.
   
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   Rumble, n.
   1. A noisy report; rumor. [Obs.]
   
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   Delighting ever in rumble that is new. Chaucer.
   
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   2. A low, heavy, continuous sound like that made by heavy wagons or the reverberation of thunder; a confused noise; as, “the rumble of a railroad train”.
   
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   Clamor and rumble, and ringing and clatter. Tennyson.
   
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   Merged in the rumble of awakening day. H. James.
   
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   3. A seat for servants, behind the body of a carriage.
   
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   Kit, well wrapped, . . . was in the rumble behind. Dickens.
   
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   4. A rotating cask or box in which small articles are smoothed or polished by friction against each other.
   
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   Rumble, v. t. To cause to pass through a rumble, or shaking machine. See Rumble, n., 4.
   
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