▪ I. † ˈwarbled, a.1 Obs.
[f. warble n.3 + -ed2.]
Of a spindle: Fitted with a whorl.
| ? a 1561 ? Cavendish in Life Wolsey, etc. (1825) II. 92 That the warbeled spendell no more abought shold ronne. |
▪ II. warbled, a.2
(ˈwɔːb(ə)ld)
[f. warble n.2]
Of hides: Injured by warbles.
| 1885 Athenæum 11 July 52 The cattle producer..receives..almost the same amount for the warbled hide of the animal as he would obtain if it were uninjured by the bot fly. 1886 Daily News 5 May 3/5 No less than 1,906 [hides] were ‘warbled’—that is to say more or less riddled or scarred from warble attacks. |
▪ III. warbled, ppl. a.
(ˈwɔːb(ə)ld)
[f. warble v.1 + -ed1.]
In senses of the verb.
1. Melodiously sung or sounded. Also, celebrated in song.
| 1634 Milton Comus 854 If she be right invok't in warbled Song. 1725 Pope Odyss. i. 420 Hush'd in attention to the warbled song. 1742 Collins Ode to Simplicity 21 By old Cephisus deep, Who spreads his wavy sweep In warbl'd wanderings round thy cool retreat. 1794 Coleridge Sonn., La Fayette, As when far off the warbled strains are heard. |
† 2. Of a musical string (see warble v.1 5 a).
| a 1645 Milton Arcades 87 As I..touch the warbled string. |