Bugle : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Bugle	by the DICT Development Group
7 results for Bugle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bugle n a brass instrument without valves; used for military calls and fanfares any of various low-growing annual or perennial evergreen herbs native to Eurasia; used for ground cover Synonym(s): bugle, bugleweed a tubular glass or plastic bead sewn onto clothing for decoration v play on a bugle
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Kent bugle \Kent" bu"gle\ [Probably named after a Duke of Kent.] (Mus.) A curved bugle, having six finger keys or stops, by means of which the performer can play upon every key in the musical scale; -- called also {keyed bugle}, and key {bugle}. --Moore.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bugle \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more conical that the trumpet, sometimes keyed; formerly much used in military bands, very rarely in the orchestra; now superseded by the cornet; -- called also the {Kent bugle}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bugle \Bu"gle\, n. [LL. bugulus a woman's ornament: cf. G. b[81]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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bugle \Bu"gle\, a. [From {Bugle} a bead.] Jet black. [bd]Bugle eyeballs.[b8] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bugle \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[91]pitys}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.