Kent bugle \Kent" bu"gle\ [Probably named after a Duke of Kent.]

(Mus.) A curved bugle, having six finger keys or stops, by means of which the performer can play upon every key in the musical scale; -- called also keyed bugle, and key bugle. --Moore.

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Bugle \Bu"gle\, n. [LL. bugulus a woman's ornament: cf. G. b["u]gel 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.

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Bugle \Bu"gle\, a. [From Bugle a bead.]

Jet black. ``Bugle eyeballs.'' --Shak.

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Bugle \Bu"gle\, n. [F. bugle; cf. It. bugola, L. bugillo.]

(Bot.) A plant of the genus Ajuga of the Mint family, a native of the Old World.

Yellow bugle, the Ajuga cham[ae]pitys.

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Bugle \Bu"gle\, 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.

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Bugle \Bu"gle\, n. [See Bugle a wild ox.]

1. A horn used by hunters.

2. (Mus.) A copper instrument of the horn quality of tone, shorter and more conical that the trumpet, sometimes keyed; formerly much used in military bands, very rarely in the orchestra; now superseded by the cornet; -- called also the Kent bugle.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)