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   Bubble , n. [Cf. D. bobbel, Dan. boble, Sw. bubbla. Cf. Blob, n.]
   A thin film of liquid inflated with air or gas; as, a soap bubble; bubbles on the surface of a river.
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   Beads of sweat have stood upon thy brow,
   Like bubbles in a late disturbed stream.
   Shak.
   
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   A small quantity of air or gas within a liquid body; as, bubbles rising in champagne or aërated waters.
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   A globule of air, or globular vacuum, in a transparent solid; as, bubbles in window glass, or in a lens.
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   A small, hollow, floating bead or globe, formerly used for testing the strength of spirits.
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   The globule of air in the spirit tube of a level.
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   Anything that wants firmness or solidity; that which is more specious than real; a false show; a cheat or fraud; a delusive scheme; an empty project; a dishonest speculation; as, the South Sea bubble.
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   Then a soldier . . . 
   Seeking the bubble reputation
   Even in the cannon's mouth.
   Shak.
   
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   A person deceived by an empty project; a gull. [Obs.] “Ganny's a cheat, and I'm a bubble.”  
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   Bubble, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bubbled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Bubbling .] [Cf. D. bobbelen, Dan. boble. See Bubble, n.]
   To rise in bubbles, as liquids when boiling or agitated; to contain bubbles.
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   The milk that bubbled in the pail.
   Tennyson.
   
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   To run with a gurgling noise, as if forming bubbles; as, a bubbling stream.
   Pope.
   
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   To sing with a gurgling or warbling sound.
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   At mine ear
   Bubbled the nightingale and heeded not.
   Tennyson.
   
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