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Bugle

Bugle Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Bugle? [n] a brass instrument without valves; used for military calls and fanfares [n] a tubular glass or plastic bead sewn onto clothing for decoration [n] any of various low-growing annual or perennial evergreen herbs native to Eurasia; used for ground cover [v] play on a bugle Synonyms \| Synonyms for Bugle: bugleweed Related Terms \| Find terms related to Bugle: alpenhorn \| alphorn \| althorn \| alto horn \| antlia \| bagpipe \| ballad horn \| baritone \| bass horn \| bay \| beak \| beep \| beezer \| bell \| bill \| blare \| blast \| blat \| blow \| blow a horn \| blow the horn \| brass choir \| brass wind \| brasses \| brass-wind instrument \| bray \| bugle horn \| carillon \| clarion \| conk \| cornet \| cornet-a-pistons \| corno di caccia \| cornopean \| doodle \| double-bell euphonium \| double-tongue \| euphonium \| fife \| flute \| helicon \| honk \| horn \| hunting horn \| key trumpet \| lip \| lituus \| lur \| mellophone \| muffle \| muzzle \| nares \| neb \| nib \| nose \| nostrils \| nozzle \| olfactory organ \| ophicleide \| orchestral horn \| peal \| pecker \| pipe \| pocket trumpet \| post horn \| proboscis \| rhinarium \| rostrum \| sackbut \| saxhorn \| saxtuba \| schnozzle \| serpent \| shriek \| slide trombone \| sliphorn \| smeller \| snoot \| snout \| sound \| sound a tattoo \| sound taps \| sousaphone \| squeal \| tenor tuba \| tongue \| toot \| tootle \| triple-tongue \| tromba \| trombone \| trumpet \| trunk \| tuba \| tweedle \| valve trombone \| valve trumpet \| whistle \| wind \| wind the horn See Also \| Ajuga \| Ajuga chamaepitys \| Ajuga genevensis \| Ajuga pyramidalis \| Ajuga reptans \| bead \| blue bugle \| brass \| creeping bugle \| erect bugle \| genus Ajuga \| ground pine \| herb \| herbaceous plant \| play \| pyramid bugle \| spiel \| yellow bugle Bugle In Webster's Dictionary \Bu"gle\, n. [OE. bugle buffalo, buffalo's horn, OF. bugle, fr. L. buculus a young bullock, steer, dim. of bos ox. See {Cow} the animal.] A sort of wild ox; a buffalo. --E. Phillips. \Bu"gle\, n. [See {Bugle} a wild ox.] 1. A horn used by hunters. 2. (Mus.) A copper instrument of the horn quality of tone, shorter and more conical that the trumpet, sometimes keyed; formerly much used in military bands, very rarely in the orchestra; now superseded by the cornet; -- called also the {Kent bugle}. \Bu"gle\, n. [LL. bugulus a woman's ornament: cf. G. b["u]gel a bent piece of metal or wood, fr. the same root as G. biegen to bend, E. bow to bend.] An elongated glass bead, of various colors, though commonly black. \Bu"gle\, a. [From {Bugle} a bead.] Jet black. ``Bugle eyeballs.'' --Shak. \Bu"gle\, n. [F. bugle; cf. It. bugola, L. bugillo.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus {Ajuga} of the Mint family, a native of the Old World. {Yellow bugle}, the {Ajuga cham[ae]pitys}.

Bugle Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Bugle?

[n] a brass instrument without valves; used for military calls and fanfares
[n] a tubular glass or plastic bead sewn onto clothing for decoration
[n] any of various low-growing annual or perennial evergreen herbs native to Eurasia; used for ground cover
[v] play on a bugle

Synonyms | Synonyms for Bugle: bugleweed

Bugle In Webster's Dictionary

\Bu"gle\, n. [OE. bugle buffalo, buffalo's horn, OF.
bugle, fr. L. buculus a young bullock, steer, dim. of bos ox.
See {Cow} the animal.]
A sort of wild ox; a buffalo. --E. Phillips.


\Bu"gle\, n. [See {Bugle} a wild ox.]
1. A horn used by hunters.

2. (Mus.) A copper instrument of the horn quality of tone,
   shorter and more conical that the trumpet, sometimes
   keyed; formerly much used in military bands, very rarely
   in the orchestra; now superseded by the cornet; -- called
   also the {Kent bugle}.


\Bu"gle\, n. [LL. bugulus a woman's ornament: cf. G.
b["u]gel a bent piece of metal or wood, fr. the same root as
G. biegen to bend, E. bow to bend.]
An elongated glass bead, of various colors, though commonly
black.


\Bu"gle\, a. [From {Bugle} a bead.]
Jet black. ``Bugle eyeballs.'' --Shak.


\Bu"gle\, n. [F. bugle; cf. It. bugola, L. bugillo.]
(Bot.)
A plant of the genus {Ajuga} of the Mint family, a native of
the Old World.

{Yellow bugle}, the {Ajuga cham[ae]pitys}.

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