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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Warble \War"ble\, v. i. 1. To be quavered or modulated; to be uttered melodiously. [1913 Webster] Such strains ne'er warble in the linnet's throat. --Gay. [1913 Webster] 3. To sing in a trilling manner, or with many turns and variations. "Birds on the branches warbling." --Milton. [1913 Webster] 3. To sing with sudden changes from chest to head tones; to yodel. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Warble \War"ble\, n. [Cf. {Wormil}.] [1913 Webster] 1. (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}. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zool.) See {Wormil}. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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}.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 2. To utter musically; to modulate; to carol. [1913 Webster] If she be right invoked in warbled song. --Milton. [1913 Webster] Warbling sweet the nuptial lay. --Trumbull. [1913 Webster] 3. To cause to quaver or vibrate. "And touch the warbled string." --Milton. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Warble \War"ble\, n. A quavering modulation of the voice; a musical trill; a song. [1913 Webster] And he, the wondrous child, Whose silver warble wild Outvalued every pulsing sound. --Emerson. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Wormil \Wor"mil\, n. [Cf. 1st {Warble}.] [1913 Webster] 1. (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}.] [1913 Webster] 2. (Far.) See 1st {Warble}, 1 (b) . [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: warble n 1: a lumpy abscess under the hide of domestic mammals caused by larvae of a botfly or warble fly v 1: sing or play with trills, alternating with the half note above or below [syn: {warble}, {trill}, {quaver}] 2: sing by changing register; sing by yodeling; "The Austrians were yodeling in the mountains" [syn: {yodel}, {warble}, {descant}]