Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Warble \War"ble\, n.
A quavering modulation of the voice; a musical trill; a song.
And he, the wondrous child, Whose silver warble wild
Outvalued every pulsing sound. --Emerson.
Warble \War"ble\, n. [Cf. {Wormil}.]
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 larv[ae] of the gadfly
in the backs of horses, cattle, etc. Called also
{warblet}, {warbeetle}, {warnles}.
2. (Zo["o]l.) See {Wormil}.
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.
Warble \War"ble\, v. i.
1. To be quavered or modulated; to be uttered melodiously.
Such strains ne'er warble in the linnet's throat.
--Gay.
3. To sing in a trilling manner, or with many turns and
variations. ``Birds on the branches warbling.'' --Milton.
3. To sing with sudden changes from chest to head tones; to
yodel.
Source : WordNet®
warble
n : a lumpy abscess under the hide of domestic mammals caused by
larvae of a botfly or warble fly
warble
v 1: sing or play with trills, alternating with the half note
above or below [syn: {trill}, {quaver}]
2: sing by changing register; sing by yodeling; "The Austrians
were yodeling in the mountains" [syn: {yodel}, {descant}]