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   Warble , n. [Cf. Wormil.]
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   (Far.) (a) A small, hard tumor which is produced on the back of a horse by the heat or pressure of the saddle in traveling. (b) A small tumor produced by the larvae of the gadfly in the backs of horses, cattle, etc. Called also warblet, warbeetle, warnles.
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   (Zool.) See Wormil.
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   Warble, 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.]
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   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.
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   To utter musically; to modulate; to carol.
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   If she be right invoked in warbled song.
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   Warbling sweet the nuptial lay.
   Trumbull.
   
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   To cause to quaver or vibrate. “And touch the warbled string.”
   Milton.
   
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   Warble, v. i.
   To be quavered or modulated; to be uttered melodiously.
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   Such strains ne'er warble in the linnet's throat.
   Gay.
   
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   To sing in a trilling manner, or with many turns and variations. “Birds on the branches warbling.” 
   Milton.
   
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   To sing with sudden changes from chest to head tones; to yodel.
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   Warble, n. A quavering modulation of the voice; a musical trill; a song.
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   And he, the wondrous child,
   Whose silver warble wild
   Outvalued every pulsing sound.
   Emerson.
   
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   Wormil , n. [Cf. 1st Warble.]
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   (Zool.) Any botfly larva which burrows in or beneath the skin of domestic and wild animals, thus producing sores. They belong to various species of Hypoderma and allied genera. Domestic cattle are often infested by a large species. See Gadfly. Called also warble, and worble. [Written also wormal, wormul, and wornil.]
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   (Far.) See 1st Warble, 1 (b).
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