warble
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
warble1
▶verb (of a bird) sing softly and with a succession of constantly changing notes.
■ (of a person) sing in a trilling or quavering voice.
▶noun a warbling sound or utterance.– origin ME (as a noun in the sense ‘melody’): from Old North. Fr. werble (n.), werbler (v.), of Gmc origin; rel. to whirl.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
warble2
▶noun a swelling or abscess beneath the skin on the back of cattle, horses, and other mammals, caused by the presence of the larva of a warble fly.
■ the larva causing this.
– origin ME: of uncertain origin.
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