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Nov 30, 2009
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bu•gle



Pronunciation: (byOO'gul), [key]
—n., v., -gled, -gling.

—n.
a brass wind instrument resembling a cornet and sometimes having keys or valves, used typically for sounding military signals.

—v.i.
1. to sound a bugle.
2. (of bull elks) to utter a rutting call.

—v.t.
to call by or with a bugle: to bugle reveille.

bu•gle



Pronunciation: (byOO'gul), [key]
—n.
ajuga.

bu•gle



Pronunciation: (byOO'gul), [key]
—n.
Also called bu'gle bead". a tubular glass bead used for ornamenting dresses.

—adj.
Also,bu'gled.ornamented with bugles.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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