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Bugle
Bu′gle
,Noun.
[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.
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more conical that the trumpet, sometimes keyed; formerly much used in military bands, very rarely in the orchestra; now superseded by the cornet; – called also the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
. Bu′gle
,Noun.
[LL.
bugulus
a woman's ornament: cf. G. bügel
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.
Bu′gle
,Noun.
[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 chamæpitys
.