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Bugle

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more conical that the trumpet, sometimes keyed; formerly much used in military bands, very rarely in the orchestra; now superseded by the cornet; -- called also the Kent bugle.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'81gel a bent piece of metal or wood, fr. the same root as G. biegen to bend, E. bow to bend.] An elingated 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'91pitys.

The noun Bugle has 3 senses

1. bugle, bugleweed -- any of various low-growing annual or perennial evergreen herbs native to Eurasia; used for ground cover
2. bugle -- a brass instrument without valves; used for military calls and fanfares
3. bugle -- a tubular glass or plastic bead sewn onto clothing for decoration

The verb Bugle has 1 senses

1. bugle -- play on a bugle
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