n. [ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See Bugle a wild ox. ]
a. [ From Bugle a bead. ] Jet black. “Bugle eyeballs.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. bugle; cf. It. bugola, L. bugillo. ] (Bot.) A plant of the genus
Yellow bugle,
a. Ornamented with bugles. [ 1913 Webster ]
One blast upon his bugle horn
Were worth a thousand men. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]
And drinketh of his bugle horn the wine. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who plays on a bugle. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Bot.) A plant of the Mint family and genus