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Webster 1913 Edition
Bauble
Bau′ble
(ba̤′b’l)
, Noun.
[Cf. OF.
baubel
a child’s plaything, F. babiole
, It. babbola
, LL. baubellum
gem, jewel, L. babulus
, a baburrus
, foolish.] 1.
A trifling piece of finery; a gewgaw; that which is gay and showy without real value; a cheap, showy plaything.
The ineffective
bauble
of an Indian pagod. Sheridan.
2.
The fool's club.
[Obs.]
“A fool's bauble was a short stick with a head ornamented with an ass's ears fantastically carved upon it.” Nares.