Warble | Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Wăr'ble, v. t.

verbtransitive

(wŏr'bl), v. t. [imp. & p. p. WARBLED; p. pr. & vb. n. WARBLING.] [O. Eng. werbelle, O. Fr. werbler, werbloier, from Ger. wirbeln, to turn, to warble; D. wervelen, Eng. whirl, Dan. hvirvle.]

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.
To utter musically; to modulate; to carol. “If she be right invoked with warbled song.” Milton. “Warbling sweet the nuptial lay.” Trumbull.
To cause to quaver or vibrate. “And touch the warbled string.” Milton.

War'ble, v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. 1. To be quavered or modulated; to be uttered melodiously. Such strains ne'er warble in the linnet's throat. Gay. 2. To sing in a trilling manner, or with many turns and variations. “Birds on the branches warbling.” Milton.

War'-ble, n.

noun

A quavering modulation of the voice; a song.

War'-ble, n.

noun

n. [Called also warblet, war-beetle, warnles.] (Far.) (a.) A small, hard tumor on the backs of horses, occasioned by the heat of the saddle in traveling, or by the uneasiness of its situation. (b.) A small tumor produced by the larvæ of the gadfly in the backs of horses, cattle, &c.