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Webster 1913 Edition


Bumble

Bum′ble

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Noun.
[See
Bump
to boom.]
(Zool.)
The bittern.
[Local, Eng.]

Bum′ble

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Verb.
I.
To make a hollow or humming noise, like that of a bumblebee; to buzz; to cry as a bittern.
As a bittern
bumbleth
in the mire.
Chaucer.