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Webster 1913 Edition
Bubble
1.
A thin film of liquid inflated with air or gas;
as, a soap
. bubble
; bubbles
on the surface of a riverBeads of sweat have stood upon thy brow,
Like
Like
bubbles
in a late disturbed stream. Shakespeare
2.
A small quantity of air or gas within a liquid body;
as,
. bubbles
rising in champagne or aërated waters3.
A globule of air, or globular vacuum, in a transparent solid;
as,
. bubbles
in window glass, or in a lens4.
A small, hollow, floating bead or globe, formerly used for testing the strength of spirits.
5.
The globule of air in the spirit tube of a level.
6.
Anything that wants firmness or solidity; that which is more specious than real; a false show; a cheat or fraud; a delusive scheme; an empty project; a dishonest speculation;
as, the South Sea
. bubble
Then a soldier . . .
Seeking the
Even in the cannon’s mouth.
Seeking the
bubble
reputationEven in the cannon’s mouth.
Shakespeare
7.
A person deceived by an empty project; a gull.
[Obs.]
“Ganny's a cheat, and I'm a bubble.” Prior.
Bub′ble
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Bubbled
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Bubbling
.] 1.
To rise in bubbles, as liquids when boiling or agitated; to contain bubbles.
The milk that
bubbled
in the pail. Tennyson.
2.
To run with a gurgling noise, as if forming bubbles;
as, a
. bubbling
streamPope.
3.
To sing with a gurgling or warbling sound.
At mine ear
Bubbled
the nightingale and heeded not. Tennyson.
Webster 1828 Edition
Bubble
BUB'BLE
,Noun.
1.
A small bladder or vesicle of water or other fluid inflated with air.2.
Any thing that wants firmness or solidity; a vain project; that which is more specious than real. Hence, a false show; a cheat or fraud.3.
A delusive scheme of speculation; an empty project to raise money or imaginary grounds; as the South Sea bubble.4.
A person deceived by an empty project.BUB'BLE
,Verb.
I.
1.
To run with a gurgling noise; as a bubbling stream.BUB'BLE
,Verb.
T.