Warble

wawr′bl, v.i. to sing in a quavering way, or with variations: to chirp as birds do.— v.t. to sing in a vibratory manner: to utter musically: to carol.— n. a quavering modulation of the voice: a song.— n. War′bler , one that warbles: a songster: a singing-bird: any bird of the family Sylviidæ , the Fauvettes —nightingale, redbreast, stonechat, wheatear, whitethroat, ., also the reed-warbler, .: in bagpipe music an ornamental group of grace-notes, introduced to glide from one pa age to the other; War′bling .— adv. War′blingly . [O. Fr. werbler , to warble, make turns with the voice—Old High Ger. werban ; cf. A.S. hweorfan , to turn (Ger. wirbeln ), to make a turn.]