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v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Betumbled ] To throw into disorder; to tumble. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

From her betumbled couch she starteth. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Bump to boom. ] (Zool.) The bittern. [ Local, Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To make a hollow or humming noise, like that of a bumblebee; to buzz; to cry as a bittern. [ 1913 Webster ]

As a bittern bumbleth in the mire. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. to act ineptly or without clear understanding of what one is doing; to blunder; to stumble about; -- sometimes used with around. [ PJC ]

v. t. to bungle (a task). [ PJC ]

n. [ OE. bumblen to make a humming noise (dim. of bum, v. i.) + bee. Cf. Humblebee. ] (Zool.) A large bee of the genus Bombus, sometimes called humblebee; -- so named from its sound. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ There are many species. All gather honey, and store it in the empty cocoons after the young have come out. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Origin unknown; cf. Bumble, n. ] 1. The old game of nineholes. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. (Card Playing) Whist played in an unscientific way. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Crumbled p. pr. & vb. n. Crumbling ] [ Dim. of crumb, v. t., akin to D. kruimelen G. krümeln. ] To break into small pieces; to cause to fall in pieces. [ 1913 Webster ]

He with his bare wand can unthread thy joints,
And crumble all thy sinews. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To fall into small pieces; to break or part into small fragments; hence, to fall to decay or ruin; to become disintegrated; to perish. [ 1913 Webster ]

If the stone is brittle, it will crumble and pass into the form of gravel. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

The league deprived of its principal supports must soon crumble to pieces. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. broken into small fragments; as, crumbled cookies.
Syn. -- fragmented. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. a bee that is parasitic in the nests of bumblebees. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. i. [ See Drumly. ] 1. To be sluggish or lazy; to be confused. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To mumble in speaking. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ The first part is prob. of imitative origin. See Dor a beetle. ] (Zool.) A bumblebee; also, a cockchafer. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Fumbled p. pr. & vb. n. Fumbling ] [ Akin to D. fommelen to crumple, fumble, Sw. fumla to fusuble, famla to grope, Dan. famle to grope, fumble, Icel. falme, AS. folm palm of the hand. See Feel, and cf. Fanble, Palm. ] 1. To feel or grope about; to make awkward attempts to do or find something. [ 1913 Webster ]

Adams now began to fumble in his pockets. Fielding. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To grope about in perplexity; to seek awkwardly; as, to fumble for an excuse. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

My understanding flutters and my memory fumbles. Chesterfield. [ 1913 Webster ]

Alas! how he fumbles about the domains. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To handle much; to play childishly; to turn over and over. [ 1913 Webster ]

I saw him fumble with the sheets, and play with flowers. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To handle or manage awkwardly; to crowd or tumble together. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who fumbles. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Grunbled p. pr. & vb. n. Grumbling ] [ Cf. LG. grummeln, grumen, D. grommelen, grommen, and F. grommeler, of German origin; cf. W. grwm, murmur, grumble, surly. √35. Cf. Grum, Grim. ] 1. To murmur or mutter with discontent; to make ill-natured complaints in a low voice and a surly manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

L'Avare, not using half his store,
Still grumbles that he has no more. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To growl; to snarl in deep tones; as, a lion grumbling over his prey. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To rumble; to make a low, harsh, and heavy sound; to mutter; as, the distant thunder grumbles. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To express or utter with grumbling. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The noise of one that grumbles. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A grumbling, discontented disposition. [ 1913 Webster ]

A bad case of grumble. Mrs. H. H. Jackson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who grumbles. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Hornless. See Hummel. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Humbled p. pr. & vb. n. Humbling ] 1. To bring low; to reduce the power, independence, or exaltation of; to lower; to abase; to humilate. [ 1913 Webster ]

Here, take this purse, thou whom the heaven's plagues
Have humbled to all strokes. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

The genius which humbled six marshals of France. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To make humble or lowly in mind; to abase the pride or arrogance of; to reduce the self-sufficiently of; to make meek and submissive; -- often used rexlexively. [ 1913 Webster ]

Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you. 1 Pet. v. 6.

Syn. -- To abase; lower; depress; humiliate; mortify; disgrace; degrade. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Compar. Humbler superl. Humblest ] [ F., fr. L. humilis on the ground, low, fr. humus the earth, ground. See Homage, and cf. Chameleon, Humiliate. ] 1. Near the ground; not high or lofty. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thy humble nest built on the ground. Cowley. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming; modest; as, a humble cottage. Used to describe objects. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Thinking lowly of one's self; claiming little for one's self; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; thinking one's self ill-deserving or unworthy, when judged by the demands of God; lowly; weak; modest. Used to describe people. [ 1913 Webster ]

God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. Jas. iv. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]

She should be humble who would please. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

Without a humble imitation of the divine Author of our . . . religion we can never hope to be a happy nation. Washington. [ 1913 Webster ]

Humble plant (Bot.), a species of sensitive plant, of the genus Mimosa (Mimosa sensitiva). --
To eat humble pie, to endure mortification; to submit or apologize abjectly; to yield passively to insult or humiliation; -- a phrase derived from a pie made of the entrails or humbles of a deer, which was formerly served to servants and retainers at a hunting feast. See Humbles. Halliwell. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. humbilbee, hombulbe; cf. D. hommel, G. hummel, OHG. humbal, Dan. humle, Sw. humla; perh. akin to hum. √15. Cf. Bumblebee. ] (Zool.) The bumblebee. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Humble + -head. ] Humble condition or estate; humility. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being humble; humility; meekness. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, humbles some one. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. [ See Nombles. ] Entrails of a deer. [ Written also umbles. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. ] Humbleness; abasement; low obeisance. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Jumbled p. pr. & vb. n. Jumbling ] [ Prob. fr. jump, i. e., to make to jump, or shake. ] To mix in a confused mass; to put or throw together without order; -- often followed by together or up. [ 1913 Webster ]

Why dost thou blend and jumble such inconsistencies together? Burton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Every clime and age
Jumbled together. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To meet or unite in a confused way; to mix confusedly. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A confused mixture; a mass or collection without order; as, a jumble of words. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A small, thin, sugared cake, usually ring-shaped. [ Also spelled jumbal. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Confused mixture. [ Low ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who confuses things. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Mumbled p. pr. & vb. n. Mumbling ] [ OE. momelen; cf. D. mompelen, mommelen, G. mummelen, Sw. mumla, Dan. mumle. Cf. Mum, a., Mumm, Mump, v. ] 1. To speak with the lips partly closed, so as to render the sounds inarticulate and imperfect; to utter words in a grumbling indistinct manner, indicating discontent or displeasure; to mutter. [ 1913 Webster ]

Peace, you mumbling fool. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

A wrinkled hag, with age grown double,
Picking dry sticks, and mumbling to herself. Otway. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To chew something gently with closed lips. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To utter with a low, inarticulate voice. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To chew or bite gently, as one without teeth. [ 1913 Webster ]

Gums unarmed, to mumble meat in vain. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To suppress, or utter imperfectly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A talebearer. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who mumbles. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A game played with a pocketknife, the object of which is to throw the knife in any of a vairety of ways (such as over the back), or from various positions, and have it stick in the ground or another surface. Also called mumble-the-peg and mumble peg. [ PJC ]

n. pl. See Nombles. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To cause to pass through a rumble, or shaking machine. See Rumble, n., 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ OE. romblen, akin to D. rommelen, G. rumpeln, Dan. rumle; cf. Icel. rymja to roar. ] 1. To make a low, heavy, continued sound; as, the thunder rumbles at a distance. [ 1913 Webster ]

In the mean while the skies 'gan rumble sore. Surrey. [ 1913 Webster ]

The people cried and rombled up and down. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To murmur; to ripple. [ 1913 Webster ]

To rumble gently down with murmur soft. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

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n. 1. A noisy report; rumor. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Delighting ever in rumble that is new. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A low, heavy, continuous sound like that made by heavy wagons or the reverberation of thunder; a confused noise; as, the rumble of a railroad train. [ 1913 Webster ]

Clamor and rumble, and ringing and clatter. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Merged in the rumble of awakening day. H. James. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A seat for servants, behind the body of a carriage. [ 1913 Webster ]

Kit, well wrapped, . . . was in the rumble behind. Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A rotating cask or box in which small articles are smoothed or polished by friction against each other. [ 1913 Webster ]

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n. One who, or that which, rumbles. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Scumbled p. pr. & vb. n. Scumbling ] [ Freq. of scum. √ 158. ] (Fine Arts) To cover lighty, as a painting, or a drawing, with a thin wash of opaque color, or with color-crayon dust rubbed on with the stump, or to make any similar additions to the work, so as to produce a softened effect. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Stumbled p. pr. & vb. n. Stumbling ] [ OE. stumblen, stomblen; freq. of a word akin to E. stammer. See Stammer. ] 1. To trip in walking or in moving in any way with the legs; to strike the foot so as to fall, or to endanger a fall; to stagger because of a false step. [ 1913 Webster ]

There stumble steeds strong and down go all. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know at what they stumble. Prov. iv. 19. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To walk in an unsteady or clumsy manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

He stumbled up the dark avenue. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To fall into a crime or an error; to err. [ 1913 Webster ]

He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion og stumbling in him. 1 John ii. 10. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To strike or happen (upon a person or thing) without design; to fall or light by chance; -- with on, upon, or against. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ovid stumbled, by some inadvertency, upon Livia in a bath. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Forth as she waddled in the brake,
A gray goose stumbled on a snake. C. Smart. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To cause to stumble or trip. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fig.: To mislead; to confound; to perplex; to cause to err or to fall. [ 1913 Webster ]

False and dazzling fires to stumble men. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

One thing more stumbles me in the very foundation of this hypothesis. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A trip in walking or running. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A blunder; a failure; a fall from rectitude. [ 1913 Webster ]

One stumble is enough to deface the character of an honorable life. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]